Baseball News: Two Big Games
棒球新聞：兩場大賽
Introduction
Chester Academy won a big game. The University of Tampa lost a game.
Chester Academy 贏得了一場大賽。坦帕大學則輸掉了一場比賽。
Main Body
The University of Tampa played West Chester. Tampa lost 12-4. The players made mistakes and the pitchers gave too many free walks. Now they must play one last game to find the winner.
坦帕大學對陣 West Chester。坦帕以 4 比 12 輸掉比賽。球員們犯了錯，且投手給了太多保送。現在他們必須進行最後一場比賽來決定贏家。
Chester Academy played Putnam Valley. Chester Academy won 2-0. They scored two runs early in the game. Their pitcher, Nick Sharp, played very well.
Chester Academy 對陣 Putnam Valley。Chester Academy 以 2 比 0 獲勝。他們在比賽初期就拿了兩分。他們的投手 Nick Sharp 表現非常出色。
Putnam Valley tried to score in the fourth inning. But a player did not touch the base. The umpire said the player was out.
Putnam Valley 在第四局嘗試得分。但一名球員沒有觸到壘包。裁判判定該球員出局。
Conclusion
The University of Tampa has one more game. Chester Academy goes to the semifinals.
坦帕大學還有一場比賽。Chester Academy 晉級準決賽。
Vocabulary Learning
⚾ The 'Action' Secret
Look at these two sentences from the story:
- Chester Academy won a big game.
- The University of Tampa lost a game.
The Pattern: Past Time When we talk about things that already happened (like a game yesterday), we change the action word.
Simple Changes:
- Play Played
- Score Scored
- Try Tried
The Weird One:
- Win Won (It doesn't follow the 'ed' rule!)
Quick Rule for A2: If you see -ed at the end of a word, the person is talking about the past. If you see Won, they are talking about a victory that already happened.