Baseball Team News Before the Break
休賽期前的棒球隊新聞
Introduction
Some baseball teams are playing well. Other teams are playing badly before the mid-season break.
有些棒球隊表現出色,而有些球隊在季中休賽期前表現不佳。
Main Body
The Arizona Diamondbacks are playing very well. They won three games against the Dodgers. One player, Zac Gallen, is hurt. But the team is still strong and they chose new pitchers in the draft.
亞利桑那響尾蛇隊表現得非常好。他們對陣道傑斯隊贏了三場。其中一名球員 Zac Gallen 受傷了。但球隊依然強勢,且他們在選秀中選擇了新投手。
The Los Angeles Dodgers are playing worse. They won only two games in seven tries. The players made many mistakes on the field. Shohei Ohtani is still good, but the team does not score many runs.
洛杉磯道傑斯隊表現較差。他們在七次嘗試中僅贏得兩場。球員在場上犯了許多錯誤。大谷翔平依然出色,但球隊無法取得太多分數。
The Oakland Athletics are playing very badly. They lose many games. They play very poorly when they travel to other cities. The coaches cannot fix the problems.
奧克蘭運動家隊表現非常糟糕。他們輸了很多場比賽。當他們前往其他城市客場比賽時,表現非常低迷。教練無法解決這些問題。
The St. Louis Cardinals are doing better than people thought. Jordan Walker plays great. But their pitchers are not good and they make mistakes.
聖路易紅雀隊的表現比人們想像的要好。Jordan Walker 表現出色。但他們的投手並不優秀且經常犯錯。
Conclusion
Arizona is going up. Oakland and the Dodgers have many problems.
亞利桑那正在上升。奧克蘭和道傑斯則有許多問題。
Vocabulary Learning
⚡ The 'How' Words
In this text, we see words that describe how an action happens. These are called adverbs.
The Pattern: Many of these words end in -ly.
- Play well (Good way) Special word
- Play badly (Wrong way)
- Play poorly (Very wrong way)
📈 The Comparison Ladder
Look at how the text compares teams. It doesn't just say "good," it shows the direction of the quality:
- Good Better (Improving)
- Bad Worse (Getting more bad)
Example from text:
- The Dodgers are playing worse. (They were bad, now they are more bad).
- The Cardinals are doing better. (They were okay, now they are more okay).
🧩 Word Bank for A2
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Still | No change (e.g., Still strong) |
| Only | A small number (e.g., Only two games) |
| Against | One team vs another |
| Hurt | Injured / Not healthy |