Changes in Professional Basketball
職業籃球的變動
Introduction
Some basketball teams have new players. Jayson Tatum is getting healthy. Ja Morant has a new team.
有些籃球隊有了新球員。Jayson Tatum 正在恢復健康。Ja Morant 則加盟了新球隊。
Main Body
The Boston Celtics have new players. Paul George and Mike Conley are on the team. Jayson Tatum had a leg injury. Now he is training hard. He wants to play fast again.
波士頓塞爾提克隊有了新球員。Paul George 和 Mike Conley 加入了球隊。Jayson Tatum 之前腿部受傷，現在他正在努力訓練，希望能重新恢復速度。
The Utah Jazz have a new young player. His name is Darryn Peterson. He is very hardworking. He wants to help his team win games again.
猶他爵士隊有一名年輕新球員，名叫 Darryn Peterson。他非常勤奮，希望幫助球隊重新贏得比賽。
Ja Morant now plays for the Portland Trail Blazers. He cannot use his old jersey number 12. He is happy. He wants to start a new life in a new city.
Ja Morant 現在效力於波特蘭开拓者隊。他不能再使用之前的 12 號球衣。他很高興，想在新城市展開新生活。
Conclusion
The Celtics need Tatum to be healthy. The Jazz hope Peterson is a leader. Morant wants a fresh start in Portland.
塞爾提克隊需要 Tatum 恢復健康；爵士隊希望 Peterson 能成為領導者；Morant 則希望在波特蘭重新開始。
Vocabulary Learning
The "Want" Pattern
In this text, we see a very important word for A2 students: Wants.
When we talk about a person's goals or desires, we use this pattern: Person → wants → to + action
- He wants to play fast.
- He wants to help his team.
- He wants to start a new life.
Quick Tip: If you talk about I, You, We, or They, remove the 's': → I want to play. → They want to win.
Word Building: The "-working" End
Look at the word Hardworking. It combines two simple words to describe a person: Hard (with effort) + Working (doing a job) = Hardworking (a person who puts in a lot of effort).
Example from text: "Darryn Peterson... is very hardworking."