Baseball Game: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Philadelphia Phillies
棒球賽：匹茲堡海盜對費城費城人
Introduction
The Pittsburgh Pirates are playing a game against the Philadelphia Phillies in Philadelphia.
匹茲堡海盜隊正在費城與費城費城人隊進行比賽。
Main Body
Braxton Ashcraft will pitch for the Pirates. He is playing well and wants to win again. He played against the Phillies in May, but he lost that game.
Braxton Ashcraft 將為海盜隊投球。他目前的表現很好，希望能再次獲勝。他在五月曾與費城人隊對陣，但那場比賽輸了。
Aaron Nola will pitch for the Phillies. He has played for the team for twelve years. He did not play very well against the Pirates in May.
Aaron Nola 將為費城人隊投球。他效力於這支球隊已經十二年。他在五月對陣海盜隊時的表現並不理想。
You can watch the game on KDKA and Sportsnet Pittsburgh.
您可以透過 KDKA 和 Sportsnet Pittsburgh 觀看比賽。
Conclusion
Both teams have their lists of players ready for the game.
兩隊都已準備好出賽名單。
Vocabulary Learning
🕒 The 'Time Shift' (Present vs. Past)
In this story, we see how to talk about Now and Before using the same person.
The Pattern:
- Now: He is playing / He wants → (Current state)
- Before: He played / He lost → (Finished action)
Quick Guide: Just add -ed to the end of the action word to move it to the past.
- Play → Played
- Want → Wanted
The 'Not' Trick: To say something didn't happen in the past, use did not + the basic word.
- Wrong: He did not played ❌
- Right: He did not play ✅
Example from text: "He is playing well" (Now) → "He played in May" (Past)