The Dodgers Play the Angels

道奇對戰天使


Introduction

The Los Angeles Dodgers played against the Los Angeles Angels. The Dodgers played very well.

洛杉磯道奇隊對陣洛杉磯天使隊。道奇隊表現得非常好。

Main Body

On June 6, the Dodgers scored nine runs in the first inning. This is their best start in three years. Andy Pages and Shohei Ohtani hit home runs. The Angels made some mistakes with the ball.

6月6日,道奇在第一局就拿了9分。這是他們三年來最好的開局。Andy Pages 和大谷翔平都擊出了全壘打。天使隊在處理球時犯了一些錯誤。

Some pitchers were good and some were bad. Yoshinobu Yamamoto was great. He played for eight innings. But Emmet Sheehan was not good. He left the game quickly because he gave up too many runs.

有些投手表現很好,有些則不盡理想。山本由伸表現出色,投了八局。但 Emmet Sheehan 的表現不佳,因為失分過多,很快就離開了比賽。

Myles Garrett came to the game. He is a famous football player for the Los Angeles Rams. He threw the first ball to start the game.

Myles Garrett 也來到賽場。他是洛杉磯公羊隊一名著名的美式足球員。他投出了開賽的第一球。

Conclusion

The Dodgers won the series. They are much better than the Angels this year.

道奇贏得了這次系列賽。他們今年比天使隊強多了。

Vocabulary Learning

⚡ The 'Past' Pattern

Look at how the story tells us about things that already happened. We add -ed to the end of action words.

  • play → played
  • score → scored

Wait! Some words change completely. They don't use -ed:

  • win → won

⚖️ Good vs. Bad (Comparisons)

To show a big difference between two things, use much better than.

The Dodgers are much better than the Angels.

Simple Rule: [Thing A] + [be verb] + much better than + [Thing B].


🔍 Quick Word Swap

Instead of saying 'very good', the text uses different words to be more specific:

  • Great → (The best!)
  • Famous → (Many people know him)
  • Quickly → (Fast)

Vocabulary Learning

scored (v.)
To get a point in a game
Example:The team scored a goal in the last minute.
inning (n.)
A part of a baseball game
Example:The game has nine innings.
mistakes (n.)
Things that are done wrong
Example:I made some mistakes on my English test.
pitchers (n.)
Players who throw the ball to the batter
Example:The pitchers must throw the ball very fast.
famous (adj.)
Known by many people
Example:Lionel Messi is a famous soccer player.
series (n.)
A set of games played between two teams
Example:The team won the series three games to one.
Practice A2 words in a crossword