Mike Babcock is the New Coach for the Edmonton Oilers

Mike Babcock 成為 Edmonton Oilers 新任總教練

Jun 23, 2026, 18:38
CanadaSports

Introduction

The Edmonton Oilers have a new head coach. His name is Mike Babcock.

Edmonton Oilers 有了一位新任總教練，他的名字是 Mike Babcock。

Main Body

The team fired coach Kris Knoblauch. The NHL looked at Mike Babcock's past work. Some people said he wanted to see players' private phone photos. The NHL said he can work in the league again.

球隊解雇了總教練 Kris Knoblauch。NHL 審視了 Mike Babcock 過去的表現。有些人說他想查看球員私人手機中的照片。NHL 表示他可以再次在聯賽中工作。

Babcock is a very good coach. He won a Stanley Cup in 2008. He also won gold medals with Canada. But some players do not like him. They say he is too mean.

Babcock 是一位非常優秀的總教練。他在 2008 年贏得過 Stanley Cup。他也曾帶領加拿大隊贏得金牌。但有些球員並不喜歡他，認為他太過嚴苛。

The Oilers want to win a big trophy. They have great players like Connor McDavid. They hired D.J. Smith to help Babcock. Smith and Babcock worked together before.

Oilers 希望贏得一座巨大的獎盃。他們擁有像 Connor McDavid 這樣優秀的球員。他們聘請了 D.J. Smith 來協助 Babcock。Smith 與 Babcock 之前曾共同工作。

Conclusion

Mike Babcock wants to win the Stanley Cup for the Edmonton Oilers.

Mike Babcock 希望能為 Edmonton Oilers 贏得 Stanley Cup。

Vocabulary Learning

⚡ The 'People & Action' Pattern

In this story, we see a simple way to describe people and what they do. This is the key to moving from A1 to A2.

1. Describing People (The 'Is' Pattern) We use is to describe a person's quality or job.

  • Mike Babcock is a coach. → (Job)
  • He is very good. → (Quality)
  • He is too mean. → (Quality)

2. Describing Actions (The 'Past' Pattern) To talk about things that already happened, we often just add -ed to the action word.

  • Fire → Fired
  • Look → Looked
  • Work → Worked

3. The 'Want' Connection When one person wants another person to do something, we use: Want + To + Action.

  • He wanted to see photos.
  • The Oilers want to win a trophy.
  • Babcock wants to win the Cup.

Vocabulary Learning

fired (v.)
To tell someone they can no longer work at their job.
Example:The boss fired the worker because he was always late.
private (adj.)
Something that is only for one person and not for everyone to see.
Example:I have a private diary in my room.
league (n.)
A group of sports teams that play against each other.
Example:The team is the best in the football league.
mean (adj.)
Not kind; behaving badly toward others.
Example:The teacher was mean to the students today.
trophy (n.)
A prize, like a cup, given to a winner of a game or contest.
Example:The team held the gold trophy after the final game.
hired (v.)
To give someone a job.
Example:The company hired three new people last week.
Practice A2 words in a crossword→
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