Seattle Mariners Win Against Los Angeles Angels

西雅圖水手擊敗洛杉磯天使


Introduction

The Seattle Mariners beat the Los Angeles Angels 6-2 on Monday.

西雅圖水手在週一以 6-2 擊敗洛杉磯天使。

Main Body

The Angels scored two runs first. Then, the Mariners scored. Cole Young hit a home run. Cal Raleigh hit a ball and two players scored. This gave Seattle the lead.

天使隊起初先拿了兩分。隨後水手隊得分,Cole Young擊出了一次全壘打。Cal Raleigh擊球讓兩名球員得分,使西雅圖取得領先。

Dominic Canzone and Cole Young hit more home runs. The final score was 6-2. George Kirby played very well. He played for eight innings.

Dominic Canzone與Cole Young隨後又擊出全壘打。最終比分為 6-2。George Kirby表現出色,投球八局。

The Mariners had problems before this game. Some players were hurt. The manager had to make difficult choices with the other players.

水手隊在比賽前遇到了問題。部分球員受傷,總教練必須在其他球員中做出艱難的選擇。

Conclusion

The Mariners now have a balanced record. They will play the Angels again.

水手隊現在的勝負紀錄持平。他們將再次對戰天使隊。

Vocabulary Learning

THE 'ACTION' FLOW

Look at how this story moves. It uses Short Action Verbs to tell us what happened. This is the fastest way to reach A2 speaking.

1. The Pattern: Who \rightarrow Did \rightarrow What

  • The Mariners \rightarrow beat \rightarrow the Angels.
  • Cole Young \rightarrow hit \rightarrow a home run.
  • George Kirby \rightarrow played \rightarrow very well.

2. Time Words (The Glue) To move from a beginner to A2, you need 'glue words' to connect these actions. This article uses:

  • First (Starts the story)
  • Then (Moves the story forward)
  • Before (Looks at the past)
  • Now (Looks at the present)

3. Simple Word Swaps Change the player to yourself to practice:

  • I beat my friend at chess.
  • I played very well today.
  • I had problems before this test.

Vocabulary Learning

beat (v.)
To win a game against another person or team
Example:Our team beat the other team 3-0.
lead (n.)
A position of winning in a game
Example:The team has a small lead in the second half.
innings (n.)
A part of a baseball game
Example:The pitcher played for seven innings.
difficult (adj.)
Not easy; hard to do
Example:The math test was very difficult.
choices (n.)
The act of picking between two or more things
Example:I have many choices for dinner tonight.
balanced (adj.)
Having equal amounts of different things
Example:The team has a balanced record of five wins and five losses.
Practice A2 words in a crossword