Cricket Club Says Pitch Was Bad
板球俱樂部表示球場狀況不佳
Introduction
The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) says the grass area for the England and New Zealand match was not good.
瑪利波恩板球俱樂部 (MCC) 表示，英格蘭與紐西蘭比賽的草地狀況不佳。
Main Body
The match ended on the fourth day. The ground was bad because the ball bounced in strange ways. England won the game by 115 runs.
比賽在第四天結束。由於球的彈跳方式異常，球場狀況很差。英格蘭最終以 115 分之差贏得比賽。
The MCC says the weather was the problem. It was very hot in May and then it rained. They tried to fix the grass with machines, but it did not work.
MCC 表示問題出在天氣。五月天氣非常炎熱，隨後又下雨。他們嘗試使用機器修復草地，但沒有效果。
Ben Stokes is the captain of England. He says bad pitches are bad for the game. He thinks the match should last five days, not four.
Ben Stokes 是英格蘭隊的隊長。他表示糟糕的球場對比賽不利。他認為比賽應該持續五天，而非四天。
Conclusion
The MCC said sorry. The next match is at The Oval on June 17.
MCC 已表示道歉。下一場比賽將於 6 月 17 日在 The Oval 舉行。
Vocabulary Learning
🕒 Past vs. Present
Look at how the story changes time. We use different words to show if something is happening now or if it already happened.
1. The "Right Now" words (Present)
- Says → Used for a fact or a current statement.
- Is → Used to describe someone (Ben Stokes is the captain).
- Thinks → Used for an opinion.
2. The "Finished" words (Past)
- Ended → The match is over.
- Was → The ground was bad (it is not necessarily bad now).
- Won → England got the victory.
- Rained → The water fell from the sky in the past.
Quick Guide for A2 Learners: If you see -ed at the end of a word (like rained or ended), it usually means the action is in the past.
Pattern: Now: It is hot. Past: It was hot. Now: He says. Past: He said.