Dodgers' Freddie Freeman Hurt After Fall Into Dugout
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Freddie Freeman plays baseball for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
He tried to catch a ball near the other team's dugout.
A dugout is a place where players sit during a game.
Freeman fell down the stairs into the dugout.
It was the Kansas City Royals' dugout.
The fall looked scary.
People were worried about him.
Freeman left the game later.
He did not finish playing.
We do not know how badly he is hurt.
Fans hope he will be okay soon.
Freeman is an important player for the Dodgers.
Vocabulary15 words
- Dodgers
- a baseball team from Los Angeles
- dugout
- a low place where players sit near the field
- Royals
- a baseball team from Kansas City
- catch
- to stop and hold a ball with your hands
- scary
- making you feel afraid
- fall
- to drop down suddenly
- exit
- to leave a place
- player
- a person who plays a sport
- game
- a sports match
- stairs
- steps you use to go up or down
- team
- a group of players
- hurt
- in pain because of an injury
- worried
- feeling that something bad may happen
- finish
- to end or complete something
- important
- very needed or valued
Quiz
Answer key
1. Los Angeles Dodgers 2. Into the opposing dugout 3. Freeman left the game
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Freddie Freeman plays baseball for the Los Angeles _____.
He tried to catch a ball near the other team's _____.
A dugout is a place where players sit during a _____.
Freeman fell down the _____ into the dugout.
It was the Kansas City _____' dugout.
The fall looked _____.
People were _____ about him.
Freeman left the game _____.
He did not _____ playing.
Fans hope he will be _____ soon.
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