Player Changes in Hockey
冰球球員變動
Introduction
Two hockey teams have news about their players. The Carolina Hurricanes and the Pittsburgh Penguins are changing their teams.
兩支冰球隊有關於球員的消息。卡羅萊納颶風隊與匹茲堡企鵝隊正在調整他們的陣容。
Main Body
The Carolina Hurricanes have a player named Jesperi Kotkaniemi. He is not playing in the big games now. The team does not trust him. They might sell him to another team or pay him to leave in the summer.
卡羅萊納颶風隊有一名球員名叫 Jesperi Kotkaniemi。他目前沒有在重大賽事中出賽。球隊並不信任他。他們可能會將他交易至其他球隊，或在夏天支付費用讓他離隊。
The Pittsburgh Penguins made a trade with the Florida Panthers. The Penguins gave away a player named Emil Pieniniemi. They got a player named Oliver Okuliar.
匹茲堡企鵝隊與佛羅里達美洲豹隊進行了一次交易。企鵝隊送走了一名名為 Emil Pieniniemi 的球員。他們得到了一名名為 Oliver Okuliar 的球員。
Emil Pieniniemi did not play well in Pittsburgh. He did not want to play in a lower league. Oliver Okuliar is 26 years old. He has a lot of experience in Europe.
Emil Pieniniemi 在匹茲堡表現不佳。他不希望在低級聯賽中比賽。Oliver Okuliar 現年 26 歲，在歐洲擁有豐富的經驗。
Conclusion
The Hurricanes want to win the trophy first. The Penguins finished a small trade for new players.
颶風隊希望首先贏得冠軍獎盃。企鵝隊完成了一次小型交易以獲取新球員。
Vocabulary Learning
The 'Giving & Getting' Pattern
In the story, we see how teams swap players. This is the best way to learn how to describe moving things from one person to another.
The Action Words
- Gave away → To send something away (The Penguins gave away Emil).
- Got → To receive something (They got Oliver).
Simple Sentence Build
- Person A gave [thing] to Person B.
- Person B got [thing] from Person A.
The 'No' Pattern (Negatives) Look at how the text says things are NOT happening. Use do not or did not before the action:
- Present (Now) → He does not trust him.
- Past (Before) → He did not play well.
Quick Vocabulary
- Trade → A swap.
- Experience → Having done a job for a long time.