Football Teams Buy New Players

足球隊購買新球員


Introduction

Many English football teams want new players. They are spending a lot of money to buy good players from other teams.

許多英國足球隊都想要新球員,因此他們正花大筆資金從其他球隊購買優秀球員。

Main Body

Everton is changing its young players' team. Some young players and a coach are leaving. Everton wants to buy a player named Karl Etta Eyong for 30 million euros.

艾佛頓正在調整其青年隊,部分年輕球員與一名教練將離開。艾佛頓希望以 3,000 萬歐元購買一名名為 Karl Etta Eyong 的球員。

Big teams want new midfielders. Manchester City wants Elliot Anderson for over 120 million pounds. Manchester United bought Ederson. They also want Mateus Fernandes.

大球隊需要新的中場球員。曼城想要 Elliot Anderson,價格超過 1.2 億英鎊。曼聯購買了 Ederson,他們同時也想要 Mateus Fernandes。

Arsenal and Liverpool want new attackers. Arsenal wants Bradley Barcola for 80 million euros. Liverpool wants Yan Diomande, but his team said no to 100 million euros.

兵槍(阿仙理)與利物浦需要新的前鋒。兵槍想要 Bradley Barcola,出價 8,000 萬歐元。利物浦想要 Yan Diomande,但其所屬球隊拒絕了 1 億歐元的出價。

Conclusion

The teams want young and fast players. They want to win games in the future.

球隊們想要年輕且速度快的球員,希望能贏得未來的比賽。

Vocabulary Learning

⚽ THE 'WANT' PATTERN

In this text, we see one word used over and over: Want.

How it works: Person/Team \rightarrow Want \rightarrow Thing/Person

  • Everton wants a player.
  • Arsenal wants Bradley Barcola.
  • Teams want new players.

💡 THE "S" RULE

Look closely at the word want. Why does it sometimes have an -s?

  1. One team (Singular) \rightarrow wants (Example: Liverpool wants...)

  2. Many teams (Plural) \rightarrow want (Example: The teams want...)


💰 MONEY WORDS

To talk about price in English, we use these labels:

  • Euros (€)
  • Pounds (£)

Pattern: Amount \rightarrow Currency (Example: 30 million euros)

Vocabulary Learning

spending (v.)
Giving money to pay for something
Example:I am spending my money on a new book.
coach (n.)
A person who trains a sports team
Example:The coach tells the players how to play.
midfielders (n.)
Players who play in the middle of a football field
Example:Midfielders help both the defense and the attack.
attackers (n.)
Players whose main job is to score goals
Example:The attackers are very fast and score many goals.
future (n.)
The time that will come after now
Example:I want to be a doctor in the future.
Practice A2 words in a crossword