Phil Regan: A Great Baseball Player and Coach
Phil Regan：一位優秀的棒球球員與教練
Introduction
Phil Regan died on July 8. He was 89 years old. He played and taught baseball for seventy years.
Phil Regan 於 7 月 8 日逝世，享年 89 歲。他在棒球界打球與教學共計七十年。
Main Body
Phil played baseball from 1960 to 1972. He was a pitcher for four teams. In 1966, he played very well for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He won many games.
Phil 從 1960 年到 1972 年打棒球。他曾在四支球隊擔任投手。1966 年，他在洛杉磯道奇隊表現非常出色，贏得許多場比賽。
After he stopped playing, Phil became a coach. He taught players at a college and for the Baltimore Orioles. He also helped Team USA win a gold medal in 2000.
退役後，Phil 成為了教練。他在大學以及巴爾的摩金鶯隊指導球員。他還幫助美國隊在 2000 年贏得金牌。
Phil worked for the New York Mets until 2019. He was 82 years old and was a coach. Later, he told a judge that the team fired him because he was old.
Phil 在紐約大都會隊工作直到 2019 年。他當時 82 歲，擔任教練。隨後，他告訴法官，球隊是因為他年齡過大而解雇他的。
Conclusion
Phil Regan helped baseball for a long time. He was a great player and a great teacher.
Phil Regan 長期貢獻於棒球界。他是一位優秀的球員，也是一位偉大的老師。
Vocabulary Learning
🕰️ Talking about the Past
Look at these words from the text:
- played
- taught
- worked
- stopped
The Simple Rule: To talk about things that are finished, we often just add -ed to the end of the action word.
Play → Played
Work → Worked
The Tricky Part: Some words change completely. They don't follow the -ed rule. These are 'special' words.
Teach → Taught
Quick Guide for A2: If you want to tell a story about someone's life (like Phil Regan), use these past versions of words to show the time has already happened.