Payton Tolle: A New Baseball Player for the Red Sox
Payton Tolle：紅襪隊的新球員
Introduction
Payton Tolle is a new pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. He plays very well and is happy on the field.
Payton Tolle 是波士頓紅襪隊的新投手。他的表現非常出色，在球場上很開心。
Main Body
Tolle is a great player. He helped his team win a game against the Baltimore Orioles. He did not let the other team score for six innings.
Tolle 是一位出色的球員。他幫助他的球隊在對陣 Baltimore Orioles 的比賽中獲勝。他在六局中沒有讓對方得分。
Tolle loves baseball. He says his mother taught him to be happy. He does not get sad when he makes a mistake.
Tolle 熱愛棒球。他說他的母親教他要保持快樂。當他犯錯時，他不會感到沮喪。
One day, Tolle made a small mistake in a game. Another player, Jared Jones, saw this. Later, Jones made the same mistake. Both players still played well.
有一天，Tolle 在比賽中犯了一個小錯。另一位球員 Jared Jones 看到了。隨後，Jones 也犯了同樣的錯誤。但兩位球員依然表現出色。
Conclusion
Tolle is very important for the Red Sox. He will play against the Tampa Bay Rays soon.
Tolle 對於紅襪隊非常重要。他很快將對陣 Tampa Bay Rays。
Vocabulary Learning
🚫 Saying 'NO' in the Past
Look at these two sentences from the text:
- He did not let the other team score.
- He does not get sad.
The Secret Rule: When we want to say someone 'did not' do something in the past, we use did not + the basic action word.
❌ Wrong: He did not letted ✅ Right: He did not let
Quick Patterns for A2:
- He does not get sad → (Now / General)
- He did not let → (Past / Finished)
💡 Adding 'Very' for Power
Simple words become stronger with very:
- Happy → Very happy
- Important → Very important
Use this when 'good' or 'happy' is not strong enough to describe the player!