Tennis News: Big Losses and a Big Fine
網球新聞：重大失利與巨額罰款
Introduction
Some top players lost their games at the Queen's Club tournament. Also, a French player named Corentin Moutet must pay a lot of money.
部分頂尖球手在女王盃賽事中失利。此外，一名叫 Corentin Moutet 的法國球手必須支付巨額款項。
Main Body
Alex de Minaur is a top player. He lost his game to Brandon Nakashima. Now, de Minaur is not in the top five players in the world.
Alex de Minaur 是一名頂尖球手。他輸給了 Brandon Nakashima。現在 de Minaur 已不在世界前五名球手之列。
Corentin Moutet won his first game. Then he talked to the BBC. He used bad words seven times. The interviewer told him to stop, but he did not stop.
Corentin Moutet 贏得了他的第一場比賽。隨後他接受 BBC 採訪，在過程中使用了七次不雅詞彙。採訪者要求他停止，但他並沒有停止。
The ATP says Moutet was not polite. They told him to pay $40,000. This is almost all the money he won in the tournament.
ATP 表示 Moutet 缺乏禮貌。他們要求他支付 40,000 美元。這幾乎是他在本賽事中贏得的所有獎金。
Conclusion
The tournament is almost finished. Moutet says the fine is not fair and wants to change it.
賽事即將結束。Moutet 表示罰款並不公平，希望能予以更改。
Vocabulary Learning
💡 The 'Action' Pattern
In this story, we see how to describe things that already happened. We use a special form of the word to show it is in the past.
Look at the change:
- Win → Won (Moutet won his game)
- Lose → Lost (De Minaur lost his game)
- Tell → Told (The interviewer told him to stop)
- Say → Said (The ATP says... Note: 'says' is now, 'said' was)
Quick Guide for A2 Learners: When you tell a story about yesterday or last week, you cannot use the 'now' word.
Wrong: He win the game yesterday. ❌ Right: He won the game yesterday. ✅
Money Words found here:
- Fine: Money you pay because you did something wrong.
- Tournament: A big competition with many games.