Gene Shalit Dies at 100 Years Old
Gene Shalit 享壽 100 歲去世
Introduction
Gene Shalit worked for the NBC Today show for a long time. He talked about movies. He died at the age of 100.
Gene Shalit 在 NBC 的《Today》節目工作很長時間，負責評論電影。他於 100 歲時去世。
Main Body
Gene started his job with newspapers. In 1970, he started working on TV. At first, some people did not like how he looked. But he became a famous movie critic.
Gene 從報社開始他的職業生涯。1970 年，他開始在電視台工作。起初，有些人不喜歡他的外貌，但他後來成為了一位著名的電影評論家。
Gene changed how people learn about movies. Before him, people read reviews in papers. Gene made people watch reviews on TV. He never told the end of the movie story.
Gene 改變了人們了解電影的方式。在他之前，人們是在報紙上閱讀評論。Gene 讓人們在電視上觀看評論。他絕不會透露電影的故事結局。
He liked to use funny words. He talked to many famous movie stars. He also wrote books about jokes. In 1994, he had a car accident. After that, he worked from his home.
他喜歡使用幽默的措辭。他與許多著名的電影明星交談過。他還寫了關於笑話的書。1994 年，他發生了一場車禍，之後他在家中工作。
Conclusion
Gene stopped working for NBC in 2010. His daughter, Willa Shalit, is still alive.
Gene 於 2010 年停止在 NBC 工作。他的女兒 Willa Shalit 依然健在。
Vocabulary Learning
The 'Past Time' Pattern
To tell a story about someone's life (like Gene Shalit), we change the action word to show it happened yesterday or years ago. Most of the time, we just add -ed to the end.
Look at these changes:
- Work Worked
- Start Started
- Change Changed
- Stop Stopped
The 'Rule-Breakers' (Words that change completely): Some words are rebels. They don't use -ed. You must remember them as they are:
- Do Did
- Make Made
- Write Wrote
Quick Guide for A2: If you see a date (like 1970 or 1994), your brain should immediately look for these -ed words or the Rule-Breakers.