Baseball Player Changes at Two Universities
兩所大學的棒球員異動
Introduction
Two universities, Clemson and Florida State, have new players and missing players. This happens because of professional baseball and new student moves.
克萊姆森大學與佛羅里達州立大學有新球員加入以及球員離隊。這是由於職業棒球以及新學生的異動所導致的。
Main Body
Blake Bryant is a great pitcher. He wanted to go to Clemson University. But the Arizona Diamondbacks team chose him for the professional league. They will pay him over 3 million dollars. Now he must choose between college and professional baseball.
Blake Bryant 是一位優秀的投手。他原本想前往克萊姆森大學。但亞利桑那鑽背蛇隊選擇將他招入職業聯盟。他們將支付他超過 300 萬美元。現在他必須在大學與職業棒球之間做出選擇。
Florida State University (FSU) needed a new player for first base. Myles Bailey left FSU to join the Chicago Cubs. FSU found a new player named Nick Barron. He came from Northwestern University.
佛羅里達州立大學 (FSU) 需要一名新的第一壘手。Myles Bailey 離開了 FSU 加入芝加哥小熊隊。FSU 找到了一位名叫 Nick Barron 的新球員，他來自西北大學。
Nick Barron is a good player. He hits the ball well and does not make many mistakes. He is one of eight new players at FSU. However, another player, Alex Philpott, also left FSU for a professional team.
Nick Barron 是一位優秀的球員。他的擊球表現良好，且很少失誤。他是 FSU 八名新球員之一。然而，另一位球員 Alex Philpott 也離開了 FSU 前往職業球隊。
Conclusion
Blake Bryant must make a choice about his job. FSU now has Nick Barron to help their team.
Blake Bryant 必須就他的職業生涯做出選擇。FSU 現在有 Nick Barron 能為球隊提供幫助。
Vocabulary Learning
The 'Action' Words
In this story, we see people moving and changing. To talk about this at an A2 level, look at how the verbs change when we talk about the past versus the now.
1. Then vs. Now
- Past: "He wanted to go" He felt this before.
- Present: "He must choose" He needs to do it now.
2. The 'Gone' Pattern When someone leaves a place to go to another, we use these simple words:
- Left (The past of leave): "Myles Bailey left FSU."
- Join (To become a member): "...to join the Chicago Cubs."
- Came from (The origin): "He came from Northwestern University."
3. Describing Ability To say someone is good at something, we use is + adjective or does + verb:
- "Blake Bryant is a great pitcher."
- "He hits the ball well."
- "He does not make many mistakes."