Minnesota Lynx Win Big Game
明尼蘇達山林隊贏得大賽
Introduction
The Minnesota Lynx beat the Los Angeles Sparks 99-83 on Wednesday. Now, the Lynx will play in the big championship game.
明尼蘇達山林隊在週三以 99-83 擊敗洛杉磯火花隊。現在，山林隊將進入總決賽。
Main Body
Olivia Miles played very well. She is a new player. She scored 31 points. This is the best game of her life.
Olivia Miles 表現非常出色。她是一名新球員。她 scored 了 31 分。這是她人生中最好的一場比賽。
Napheesa Collier is hurt, so she did not play. Olivia Miles helped the team because she is a great scorer. She now earns $500,000 a year.
Napheesa Collier 受傷了，所以沒有上場。Olivia Miles 因為是一名優秀的得分手，因此對球隊很有幫助。她現在年薪 50 萬美元。
The Los Angeles Sparks had problems. Two of their best players were hurt. Rae Burrell scored 19 points for the Sparks, but it was not enough.
洛杉磯火花隊遇到了問題。他們兩位最頂尖的球員受傷了。Rae Burrell 為火花隊拿下 19 分，但仍然不足夠。
Conclusion
The Minnesota Lynx are the best team in the league now. The Los Angeles Sparks will play the New York Liberty on June 21.
明尼蘇達山林隊現在是聯盟最強的球隊。洛杉磯火花隊將於 6 月 21 日對陣紐約自由隊。
Vocabulary Learning
🕒 Now vs. Before
Look at how we talk about time in this story. We use two different ways to say things:
1. Things that already happened (The Past)
- beat won the game
- played did the action
- scored got points
2. Things happening soon or always (The Present/Future)
- is current state (She is a new player)
- earns regular habit (Money every year)
- will play something coming next (June 21)
💡 Quick Tip: When you see -ed at the end of a word (played, scored), the action is finished. When you see will, the action has not started yet.