Women's Hockey League Gets New Teams and Players
女子曲棍球聯賽增加新球隊與球員
Introduction
The Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) had a big meeting on June 17 in Detroit. They chose 72 new players for four new teams.
職業女子曲棍球聯賽 (PWHL) 於 6 月 17 日在底特律舉行了一次大型會議。他們為四支新球隊挑選了 72 名新球員。
Main Body
The league now has four new teams. These teams are in Hamilton, Las Vegas, San Jose, and Detroit. Many people like this sport. More than one million fans watched the games last year.
聯賽現在有四支新球隊。這些球隊位於漢密爾頓、拉斯維加斯、聖荷西和底特律。許多人都喜歡這項運動。去年有超過一百萬名球迷觀看了比賽。
The Vancouver Goldeneyes picked Caroline Harvey first. She is 23 years old and a great defender. She won medals at the Olympics. Other teams also picked Olympic gold medalists.
溫哥華 Goldeneyes 第一個挑選了 Caroline Harvey。她 23 歲，是一位優秀的後衛。她在奧運會贏得過獎牌。其他球隊也挑選了奧運金牌得主。
Some teams traded players. Detroit gave a pick to Las Vegas to get Hilary Knight. Detroit also traded with Boston to get more picks. Vancouver got player Abby Boreen back in a trade.
有些球隊交易了球員。底特律將一個選秀權交給拉斯維加斯以獲取 Hilary Knight。底特律還與波士頓進行交易以獲得更多選秀權。溫哥華在一次交易中找回了球員 Abby Boreen。
Conclusion
Now the PWHL has 12 teams. The Vancouver team is happy because they have Caroline Harvey.
現在 PWHL 共有 12 支球隊。溫哥華球隊很高興，因為他們擁有了 Caroline Harvey。
Vocabulary Learning
🏒 Talking About the Past
Look at these words from the story: picked, won, gave, watched.
In English, when we talk about things that already happened, we often add -ed to the end of the word. This is the 'Past Simple'.
The Regular Pattern:
- Watch → Watched
- Pick → Picked
The 'Special' Words (Irregular): Some words change completely. You just have to remember them!
- Win → Won
- Give → Gave
Quick Guide: How to describe a person's history
If you want to say someone is good at something, use:
[Name] + [Past Verb] + [Object]
Example: Caroline Harvey won medals.
Key Word Alert: "Back" In the sentence "Vancouver got player Abby Boreen back," the word back means she returned to her old team.
- Go back return to a place.
- Get back return to a group/person.