Oklahoma Wins First Baseball Game
奧克拉荷馬大學贏得首場棒球賽
Introduction
Oklahoma beat North Carolina 9-3 in the first big game in Omaha, Nebraska.
在內布拉斯加州奧馬哈的首場大賽中，奧克拉荷馬大學以 9-3 擊敗北卡羅萊納大學。
Main Body
North Carolina scored three runs first. Then Oklahoma played better. Deiten Lachance hit two home runs. Oklahoma scored four runs in the fourth inning.
北卡羅萊納大學首先得分三分。
North Carolina made some mistakes. Their pitcher, Jason DeCaro, gave up seven runs. Ten North Carolina players did not score runs.
接著奧克拉荷馬大學表現較佳。Deiten Lachance 擊出兩次全壘打。奧克拉荷馬大學在第四局得分四分。
Oklahoma won nine games before this one. They want their third big trophy. North Carolina wants their first trophy in 19 years.
北卡羅萊納大學犯了幾個錯誤。他們的投手 Jason DeCaro 丟了七分。十名北卡羅萊納大學的球員未能得分。
Conclusion
Oklahoma needs one more win to be the champion. North Carolina must win two games to win.
奧克拉荷馬大學還需贏得一場即可成為冠軍。北卡羅萊納大學則必須贏兩場才能獲勝。
Vocabulary Learning
The 'Past Simple' Pattern
Look at these words from the text:
- beat (win)
- played (did a sport)
- hit (struck a ball)
- scored (got a point)
- made (did something wrong)
- gave up (lost a point)
- won (finished first)
How it works: Most words just need -ed at the end to talk about yesterday → played, scored.
The Rule-Breakers: Some words change completely. You just have to memorize them:
- Win → Won
- Make → Made
- Beat → Beat (stays the same!)
Quick Tip: If you see a name (Oklahoma) followed by these words, you are talking about a finished event in the past.