England Cricket News
英格蘭板球新聞
Introduction
England is getting ready for the Women's T20 World Cup. At the same time, the men's team is playing in a big world competition.
英格蘭正準備參加女子 T20 世界盃。與此同時，男子隊也正在參加一項大型世界競賽。
Main Body
The women's team trained hard in South Africa and the UK. They played a practice game against Australia. England lost the game because Australia played very well.
女子隊在南非和英國努力訓練。她們與澳洲隊進行了一場練習賽。由於澳洲隊表現出色，英格蘭輸掉了比賽。
The women's team also worked with banks and magazines. They want more young people to watch and love cricket.
女子隊也與銀行和雜誌合作。她們希望更多年輕人觀看並熱愛板球。
The men's team played New Zealand and won. England is now seventh in the world rankings. Australia is still the best team in the world.
男子隊對陣紐西蘭隊並獲勝。英格蘭目前在世界排名第七位。澳洲仍然是世界上最強的隊伍。
Conclusion
The women's team plays Sri Lanka this Friday. The men's team wants to move up in the world rankings.
女子隊將在本週五對陣斯里蘭卡。男子隊希望能提升世界排名。
Vocabulary Learning
⚡ THE "ACTION-HAPPENED" PATTERN
Look at these words from the text:
- trained
- played
- lost
- worked
- won
The Secret: Most of these words end in -ed. This is how we tell someone that something happened in the past.
- Train (now) Trained (yesterday)
- Play (now) Played (yesterday)
- Work (now) Worked (yesterday)
Wait! Some are different: Some words are "rebels." They don't use -ed. You just have to remember them:
- Win Won
- Lose Lost
Quick Guide for A2: If you want to talk about your day or a game that finished, add -ed to the action word. If the word is a "rebel," use a special form like won or lost.