時隔12年
Keith and Vanessa are soccer fans. They are talking about the 2024 European Football Championship.
基斯和凡妮莎都是足球迷。他們正在討論2024年的歐洲足球錦標賽。
fan(n.)球迷a fan of sth.(sb.)喜歡某事或某人championship(n.)錦標賽、冠軍稱號champion(n.)冠軍
Keith: That was an exciting final match of the European Championship, right?
基斯：這次歐洲錦標賽的決賽真的很精彩，對吧？
match(n.)比賽、火柴a box of matches一盒火柴
Vanessa: Yes! I loved watching it. It’s too bad that England lost. I thought they might win this year.
凡妮莎：對啊！我很喜歡看這場比賽。真可惜英格蘭輸了，我本來以為他們今年會贏的。
too bad 太可惜了、真遺憾
Keith: I know! I also thought they might win when they tied it 1-1 in the second half.
基斯：我也這麼覺得！當英格蘭在下半場打成1比1平手時，我還以為他們會贏呢。
tie(v.)打成平手half(n.)一半
Vanessa: Yep, me too. But then Mikel Oyarzabal scored to give Spain a 2-1 lead with under five minutes left. England just couldn’t tie it after that.
凡妮莎：是啊，我也是這麼想的。不過後來米克爾·奧亞薩巴爾在比賽還剩不到五分鐘時進球，讓西班牙2比1領先。英格蘭之後就沒能追平比分。
score(v.)進球lead(n.)領先left(adj.)剩下的
Keith: Yeah, now England has lost two times in a row. I feel bad for their fans.
基斯：對啊，現在英格蘭已經連續兩次輸掉決賽了，我替他們的球迷感到難過。
in a row連續
Vanessa: But it was an exciting match! Now Spain has won the championship four times. It’s the most by any country. That’s great for their fans.
凡妮莎：但這場比賽真的很刺激！現在西班牙已經四次奪冠了，是奪冠次數最多的國家。這對他們的球迷來說真是太棒了。
Keith: That’s true! I guess one team has to win and one team has to lose, right?
基斯：沒錯！我想總要有一支隊伍贏，另一支隊伍輸，對吧？
Vanessa: Right. I’m glad we aren’t fans of either team. Then we could watch the match for fun.
凡妮莎：對啊。還好我們不是這兩隊的球迷，這樣我們就可以輕鬆地看比賽，純粹享受樂趣。
either(det.)兩者中的任一either A or B不是A就是Beither(adv.)也(用於否定句)
Keith: I agree. And this year’s championship was really fun to watch!
基斯：我同意。而且今年的錦標賽真的很有趣！