Miles Amatosero Joins the Australian Rugby Team
Miles Amatosero 加入澳洲橄欖球隊
Introduction
The Australian rugby team, the Wallabies, has a new player. Miles Amatosero will play in the games against Ireland, France, and Italy.
澳洲橄欖球隊 Wallabies 有了一名新球員。Miles Amatosero 將在對陣愛爾蘭、法國和義大利的比賽中出賽。
Main Body
Miles had a problem in January. He fought with a teammate and hurt him. The team told Miles he could not play for two weeks. He trained alone and learned to control his anger.
Miles 在一月時遇到問題。他與一名隊友發生衝突並導致對方受傷。球隊告知 Miles 他不能在兩週內參賽。他獨自訓練並學習控制自己的憤怒。
Two old players, Nick Frost and Lukhan Salakaia-Loto, are not in the team. Coach Joe Schmidt wants players who move fast. He does not want players who are only strong.
兩名資深球員 Nick Frost 和 Lukhan Salakaia-Loto 並不在隊伍中。總教練 Joe Schmidt 想要動作迅速的球員，而非僅僅是強壯的球員。
Miles is very big and strong. He is 203cm tall and weighs 125kg. He will do the hard work on the field for the team.
Miles 身材高大且強壯。他身高 203 公分，體重 125 公斤。他將在球場上為球隊承擔艱苦的工作。
Conclusion
Miles Amatosero had a bad start this year. Now, he has a great chance to play for his country.
Miles Amatosero 今年的開始並不順利。但現在，他有了一個代表國家出賽的大好機會。
Vocabulary Learning
⚡ The "Action-Past" Pattern
In this story, we see how to talk about things that happened and finished. Notice these words:
- fought (from fight)
- hurt (from hurt)
- told (from tell)
- trained (from train)
- learned (from learn)
How it works: When we tell a story about the past, the verb changes.
Train → Trained (Just add -ed)
Tell → Told (The word changes completely)
📏 Describing People
To reach A2, you must describe size and weight simply. Look at the text:
"He is 203cm tall and weighs 125kg."
Pattern:
Subject + is + Number + Height Word
→ He is 180cm tall.
Subject + weighs + Number + Weight Word
→ She weighs 60kg.