Kansas City Royals Win Against Philadelphia Phillies

堪薩斯市皇家隊擊敗費城費城人隊


Introduction

The Kansas City Royals beat the Philadelphia Phillies. They won the last game 15-1 on Monday.

堪薩斯市皇家隊擊敗了費城費城人隊。他們在週一的比賽中以 15-1 獲勝。

Main Body

The Royals played very well. They hit the ball 22 times. Tyler Tolbert had five hits and one home run. Salvador Perez also hit a home run.

皇家隊表現得非常好。他們擊球 22 次。Tyler Tolbert 有 5 次擊球和 1 支全壘打。Salvador Perez 也擊出了一支全壘打。

Noah Cameron was the winning pitcher. He gave up only one run. The Phillies pitcher, Cristopher Sánchez, played poorly. He gave up nine runs.

Noah Cameron 是獲勝投手。他僅失一分。費城人隊的投手 Cristopher Sánchez 表現不佳,失了九分。

On Sunday, the Royals won 5-2. This stopped a long losing streak. The team also put John Wathan in the Hall of Fame.

週日皇家隊以 5-2 獲勝。這終止了一段很長的連敗紀錄。球隊也將 John Wathan 納入名人堂。

Conclusion

The Royals won the series. Now they travel to New York and Baltimore to play more games.

皇家隊贏得了這次系列賽。現在他們將前往紐約和巴爾的摩進行更多比賽。

Vocabulary Learning

⚡ THE 'PAST ACTION' POWER

To reach A2, you need to talk about things that already happened. Look at these words from the text:

  • beat \rightarrow happened before
  • won \rightarrow happened before
  • played \rightarrow happened before
  • hit \rightarrow happened before

💡 THE 'ED' RULE

Most of the time, we just add -ed to the end of a word to show it is in the past:

  • Play \rightarrow Played
  • Stop \rightarrow Stopped

⚠️ THE 'TRICKY' WORDS

Some words change completely. You just have to remember them:

  • Win \rightarrow Won
  • Give \rightarrow Gave

Quick Example: Today: I play baseball. \rightarrow Monday: I played baseball.

Vocabulary Learning

beat (v.)
To win a game or competition against someone.
Example:Our team worked hard to beat the other team.
poorly (adv.)
Doing something in a bad way; not well.
Example:I played poorly in the game because I was tired.
streak (n.)
A series of the same results happening one after another.
Example:The team had a winning streak of five games.
series (n.)
A set of several games played between the same two teams.
Example:The team won the series by winning two out of three games.
travel (v.)
To go from one place to another.
Example:The players travel by bus to the next city.
Practice A2 words in a crossword