Baseball Teams Change Players Before August 3
棒球隊將在 8 月 3 日前更換球員
Introduction
Baseball teams want to change their players. They must do this before August 3.
棒球隊想要更換球員，必須在 8 月 3 日之前完成。
Main Body
Many teams want good pitchers. The Philadelphia Phillies want Tarik Skubal. The New York Yankees and Atlanta Braves want Sandy Alcantara. The New York Mets are not doing well, so they want to sell their players.
許多球隊都想要優秀的投手。費城費城人隊想要 Tarik Skubal。紐約洋基隊和亞特蘭大勇士隊則想要 Sandy Alcantara。紐約大都會隊目前的表現不佳，因此他們想要出售球員。
Teams also need players for other positions. The Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays want a new catcher. The Yankees also want Francisco Lindor. Other teams want players like Willson Contreras and Luis Arraez.
球隊也需要其他位置的球員。洋基隊和坦帕灣光線隊想要一名新捕手。洋基隊還想要 Francisco Lindor。其他球隊則想要像 Willson Contreras 和 Luis Arraez 這樣的球員。
Some teams change players because of injuries. The San Francisco Giants and Atlanta Braves brought back players from other lists. The Chicago White Sox want more pitchers to stay in first place.
部分球隊因為傷病而更換球員。三藩市巨人隊和亞特蘭大勇士隊將球員從其他名單中接回。芝加哥白襪隊想要更多投手以維持在第一名。
Conclusion
Teams are working hard to win games now and in the future.
各球隊正努力爭取現在與未來的勝利。
Vocabulary Learning
🎯 The Power of "WANT"
In this text, we see one word used many times to show a goal or a need: Want.
How to use it:
Person/Group + want + Thing/Person
Examples from the text:
- Teams → want → players
- Phillies → want → Tarik Skubal
- Yankees → want → a new catcher
💡 Grammar Secret: The "S" Rule
Look at the difference between one team and many teams:
- Many teams want... (Plural: no 's' on want)
- The team wants... (Singular: add 's' to want)
Quick Tip: If you can replace the subject with "They," use want. If you can replace it with "He/She/It," use wants.