New Owners for the Seattle Seahawks

西雅圖海鷹隊迎來新老闆


Introduction

The Khosla family is buying the Seattle Seahawks team. Also, player Stefon Diggs does not have a team now.

Khosla 家族正在收購西雅圖海鷹隊。此外,球員 Stefon Diggs 目前沒有球隊。

Main Body

The Khosla family will pay $9.612 billion for the team. This is a lot of money. Neeru Khosla will be the owner. She is the first minority woman owner in the NFL.

Khosla 家族將支付 96.12 億美元購買該球隊。這是一筆巨大的金額。Neeru Khosla 將成為老闆,她是 NFL 首位少數族裔女性老闆。

The money from the sale will go to help people. The NFL owners must agree to this sale in August. The new owners want to keep player Devon Witherspoon.

出售球隊所得的資金將用於幫助他人。NFL 的老闆們必須在八月同意這次交易。新老闆希望留住球員 Devon Witherspoon。

Stefon Diggs is a famous player. He does not have a team. He wants to play for a team that can win a big trophy. He might go to Buffalo, New York, or Washington.

Stefon Diggs 是一位著名的球員。他目前沒有球隊。他希望加入一支能夠贏得大獎盃的球隊。他可能會前往水牛城、紐約或華盛頓。

Conclusion

The NFL has a new owner in Seattle and a player is looking for a job.

NFL 的西雅圖球隊有了新老闆,而一名球員正在尋找工作。

Vocabulary Learning

The 'Will' Machine

In the text, we see a pattern for things happening in the future:

  • The Khosla family will pay...
  • Neeru Khosla will be...

How to use it: Just put will before the action word (verb). It doesn't matter if the person is one or many.

Simple Examples:

  • I will go → (Future move)
  • They will play → (Future action)
  • She will win → (Future result)

'A' vs 'The'

Look at how we talk about the team and the player:

  1. The Seattle Seahawks → (A specific team we already know).
  2. A team → (Any team; it doesn't matter which one).

Quick Guide:

  • Specific thing → The
  • General thing → A

Vocabulary Learning

owner (n.)
A person who has something
Example:The owner of the car is my father.
minority (n.)
A smaller part of a group
Example:Only a minority of students failed the test.
sale (n.)
The act of selling something for money
Example:The sale of the house took two weeks.
agree (v.)
To say yes or have the same opinion
Example:I agree with you about the movie.
trophy (n.)
A prize for winning a game or race
Example:The team won a gold trophy.
Practice A2 words in a crossword