Giants' Calvin Austin Carted Off Field With Knee Injury
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Calvin Austin plays for the New York Giants. He is a wide receiver. A wide receiver catches the ball in American football.
Austin got hurt at practice. He hurt his knee. The injury may be serious.
Workers used a cart to take him off the field. A cart is a small vehicle. It moves people who cannot walk well.
The injury stopped the practice. Practice is training before a real game. Everyone stopped to watch Austin.
The Giants have not said how bad the injury is. Fans and the team are worried. They want good news soon.
Vocabulary15 words
- wide receiver
- a player who catches the ball
- American football
- a sport played with an oval ball in the USA
- injury
- damage to the body
- cart
- a small vehicle for moving people
- practice
- training before a real game
- knee
- the middle joint of the leg
- team
- a group of players
- serious
- very bad; important
- field
- the grass area where sports happen
- hurt
- to have pain or damage
- stopped
- did not continue
- worried
- feeling afraid something bad happened
- fans
- people who love a team
- vehicle
- a thing that moves people or things
- player
- a person who plays a sport
Quiz
Answer key
1. New York Giants 2. Knee 3. False
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Calvin Austin plays for the New York _____. He is a wide _____.
Austin got hurt at _____. He hurt his _____.
Workers used a _____ to take him off the field.
The injury stopped the _____.
The Giants have not said how _____ the injury is.
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