Baseball Player Ryan Lasko Has Back Injury

棒球選手 Ryan Lasko 背部受傷

Jul 3, 2026, 01:45
USSports

Introduction

Ryan Lasko is a baseball player for the Oakland Athletics. He had surgery on his back after a bad accident in a game.

Ryan Lasko 是奧克蘭運動隊的一名棒球選手。他在一場比賽中發生嚴重意外，隨後接受了背部手術。

Main Body

Ryan played a game in Texas. He ran to catch a ball and hit his teammate, Devin Taylor. This hit broke two bones in his neck.

Ryan 在德州參加了一場比賽。他在奔跑接球時撞到了隊友 Devin Taylor，導致他的頸椎骨折兩處。

Doctors at a hospital gave him surgery to fix his back. Now, Ryan cannot feel his legs. Doctors say this is because of swelling after the surgery.

醫院的醫生為他進行了手術以修復背部。目前，Ryan 無法感覺到雙腿，醫生表示這是因為手術後的腫脹所致。

Ryan is a very good player. He played for Rutgers University and a high school team. He joined the Athletics in 2023.

Ryan 是一名非常優秀的選手。他曾效力於羅格斯大學和一所高中的校隊。他在 2023 年加入了運動隊。

Conclusion

Ryan is stable now. He knows he needs a long time to get better.

Ryan 目前情況穩定。他知道自己需要較長時間才能康復。

Vocabulary Learning

💡 The 'Past Action' Pattern

To move from A1 to A2, you need to describe things that already happened. Look at how the story changes words to show the past:

  • Play →\rightarrow Played ("He played for Rutgers")
  • Run →\rightarrow Ran ("He ran to catch a ball")
  • Hit →\rightarrow Hit ("hit his teammate" — this one stays the same!\text{--- this one stays the same!})
  • Join →\rightarrow Joined ("He joined the Athletics")

The Rule of Thumb: Most of the time, just add -ed to the end of the action word. If it's a special word (like run), it changes completely to ran.

🧱 Building Sentences with 'Because'

When you want to explain why something is happening, use because. It glues two ideas together:

Idea 1 (The Result) →\rightarrow because →\rightarrow Idea 2 (The Reason)

Example from text: "Ryan cannot feel his legs →\rightarrow because of →\rightarrow swelling."

Try this logic: I am tired →\rightarrow because →\rightarrow I worked a lot.

Vocabulary Learning

surgery (n.)
medical work to fix a part of the body
Example:The doctor performed surgery on his back.
accident (n.)
something bad that happens by chance
Example:He had a car accident last week.
teammate (n.)
a person who plays on the same team
Example:Devin is Ryan's teammate.
swelling (n.)
when a part of the body becomes larger because of an injury
Example:The swelling in his leg went down after two days.
stable (adj.)
not getting worse; staying the same
Example:The patient is stable and resting in the hospital.
Practice A2 words in a crossword→