Baseball Teams Change Their Players

棒球隊更換球員


Introduction

Many baseball teams are changing their players. Some players are hurt. Other players are moving to better teams.

許多棒球隊正在更換球員。有些球員受傷了,有些球員則轉隊到更好的球隊。

Main Body

The San Diego Padres have new players. Ethan Salas and Winyer Chourio are now on the team. Germán Márquez is healthy again.

聖地牙哥教子隊有新球員。Ethan Salas 和 Winyer Chourio 現在加入了球隊。Germán Márquez 已經康復了。

The Texas Rangers have a problem. Corey Seager is hurt. The team signed Ben Peoples and Santiago Espinal to help.

德州遊騎兵隊遇到了一個問題。Corey Seager 受傷了。球隊簽下了 Ben Peoples 和 Santiago Espinal 來幫忙。

The Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles Dodgers also changed players. They moved Jim Jarvis and Paul Gervase to help their teams.

亞特蘭大勇士隊和洛杉磯道奇隊也更換了球員。他們調動了 Jim Jarvis 和 Paul Gervase 來協助球隊。

The Oakland Athletics have many hurt players. Brent Rooker has a bad knee. He cannot play for the rest of the year.

奧克蘭運動家隊有許多球員受傷。Brent Rooker 的膝蓋受傷嚴重,今年剩餘的時間都無法出賽。

Conclusion

Teams change players often. They do this when players get hurt.

球隊經常更換球員,通常是在球員受傷時這樣做。

Vocabulary Learning

⚡ THE 'STATE' SWITCH

In this text, we see how to describe if someone is okay or not. This is a key part of A2 English: describing conditions.

1. The Logic

  • Bad State \rightarrow is hurt / has a bad knee
  • Good State \rightarrow is healthy again

2. Useful Patterns If you want to say someone cannot do something because of their health, use this simple path: Person + cannot + action

Example from text: "He cannot play."

3. Word Swap Instead of just saying "hurt," you can use these simple A2 alternatives:

  • Sick (General)
  • Injured (Sports/Accidents)
  • Well (The opposite of sick)

Quick Note: Notice the word "again" in "healthy again." We use this when a bad state stops and the good state returns.

Vocabulary Learning

changing (v.)
Making something different
Example:The team is changing its players for the new season.
hurt (adj.)
Feeling pain or injured
Example:The player is hurt and cannot play today.
healthy (adj.)
Not sick or injured
Example:He is healthy again and ready to play.
problem (n.)
Something difficult that needs a solution
Example:The team has a problem because their best player is sick.
signed (v.)
Wrote a name on a contract to join a team
Example:The team signed a new player yesterday.
Practice A2 words in a crossword