Paolo Banchero and His New Coach
Paolo Banchero 與他的新教練
Introduction
Paolo Banchero plays for the Orlando Magic. He has new goals and a new coach.
Paolo Banchero 在奧蘭多魔法隊效力。他有新的目標和一位新教練。
Main Body
The Orlando Magic have a new head coach. His name is Sean Sweeney. Banchero met him in Seattle and Las Vegas. He says the new coach works very hard and looks at small details.
奧蘭多魔法隊有一位新任總教練，名叫 Sean Sweeney。Banchero 在西雅圖和拉斯維加斯與他見面。他表示新教練非常勤奮，且注重細節。
Banchero is a very important player. He has the ball a lot. The team wants him to play better with the other players.
Banchero 是一位非常重要的球員。他持球時間很多。球隊希望他能與其他球員有更好的配合。
Banchero wants to improve his game. He does not make many three-point shots. He also wants to play better defense. He thinks other teams in the East are now very strong.
Banchero 想要提升自己的比賽表現。他的三分球命中率不高，同時他也想強化防守。他認為目前東區的其他球隊都非常強勢。
Conclusion
Banchero wants to score 25 points, get 8 rebounds, and make 7 assists in every game.
Banchero 希望每場比賽能得到 25 分、8 個籃板以及 7 次助攻。
Vocabulary Learning
The Power of "Wants"
In this text, we see a pattern for talking about goals. When we want to change something or get something, we use Want + To + Action.
Examples from the text:
- The team wants him to play better.
- Banchero wants to improve his game.
- Banchero wants to score 25 points.
How to use it: I want → to + verb
- I want → to learn English.
- I want → to go home.
Word Spotlight: "Very"
Notice how the author makes words stronger using "very". This is the easiest way to add detail at an A2 level.
- Very hard (Strong effort)
- Very important (High priority)
- Very strong (High power)
Tip: Put "very" before the describing word to increase the intensity.