The Houston Astros Baseball Team
休士頓太空人棒球隊
Introduction
The Houston Astros are playing three games against the Cleveland Guardians. The team wants to get better players to win more games.
休士頓太空人隊正與克里夫蘭守護者隊進行三場比賽。球隊希望引進更優秀的球員以贏得更多場次。
Main Body
The Astros have 36 wins and 42 losses. They are in fourth place. They played better in May and June. Their pitchers are very good now, but they lost one game 8-1 on June 20.
太空人隊目前有36勝42敗，排名第四。他們在五月和六月的表現較好。他們的投手現在狀態很好，但在6月20日的一場比賽中以8比1落敗。
The team does not want to sell their best players. They will not trade Jeremy Peña or Christian Walker. Instead, they want to buy new players before August 3. They want a new outfielder and more pitchers.
球隊不希望出售最優秀的球員。他們不會交易Jeremy Peña或Christian Walker。相反，他們希望在8月3日前購買新球員，他們需要一名新的外野手以及更多的投手。
Houston and Cleveland have played 102 times. Each team won 51 games. Now, Kai-Wei Teng will pitch for Houston. He is from Taiwan. He is the second player from Taiwan to play for this team.
休士頓與克利夫蘭共交手過102次，兩隊各贏得51場。現在，來自台灣的鄧凱維將為休士頓投球。他是第二位效力於該隊的台灣球員。
Conclusion
The Astros are still in the race. They want to add more players to win the division.
太空人隊仍在競爭之列。他們希望增加更多球員以贏得分區冠軍。
Vocabulary Learning
🧩 The 'Want' Pattern
In this text, the word want appears many times. For a beginner, this is the most important tool to express a wish or a goal.
How to use it:
Person want thing/action
Examples from the story:
- The team want better players.
- They want a new outfielder.
- They want to win.
📅 Time & Numbers
Notice how the text talks about the past and the future using simple markers:
| Time | Keyword | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Past | played / lost | "They played better in May." |
| Future | will | "They will not trade..." |
| Deadline | before | "Before August 3." |
Quick Tip: When you see -ed at the end of a word (played, lost), the action is finished. When you see will, it is a plan for later.