Two WNBA Teams Win Games
兩支 WNBA 球隊贏得比賽
Introduction
The Minnesota Lynx and the Washington Mystics won their basketball games.
明尼蘇達山 Lynx 與華盛頓 Mystics 贏得了他們的籃球比賽。
Main Body
The Minnesota Lynx beat the Golden State Valkyries 81-75. A new player, Olivia Miles, did not score many points. But Nia Coffey and Courtney Williams played very well. The Lynx played better defense at the end of the game.
明尼蘇達山 Lynx 以 81-75 擊敗金州 Valkyries。新球員 Olivia Miles 沒有得到很多分。但 Nia Coffey 與 Courtney Williams 表現得非常好。Lynx 在比賽末段的防守做得更好。
The Washington Mystics beat the New York Liberty 86-83. The Liberty won eight games before this. Kiki Iriafen came back from an injury. She scored 20 points and helped her team win.
華盛頓 Mystics 以 86-83 擊敗紐約 Liberty。Liberty 在此之前贏了八場比賽。Kiki Iriafen 傷後復出，攻下 20 分並幫助球隊獲勝。
Now the Mystics have a good record. Their coach says the young players are growing. The players want to play well in every game.
現在 Mystics 擁有良好的戰績。他們的教練表示年輕球員正在成長。球員們希望在每場比賽中都能表現出色。
Conclusion
Both teams played hard and won. Now Washington will play against Minnesota.
兩隊都努力比賽並贏得了勝利。現在華盛頓將對陣明尼蘇達。
Vocabulary Learning
The 'Comparing' Secret
In this story, we see how to describe who is more something than someone else. This is a huge part of A2 English.
The Pattern: Word + -er Meaning: 'More than'
From the Text:
- Better (The Lynx played better defense)
How it works: Good Better (If the defense was 'good', but then it became more good, we say better).
Quick Examples for You:
- Fast Faster
- Small Smaller
- Tall Taller
Pro Tip: We use this when we talk about two teams or two players. Example: "The Mystics are faster than the Liberty."