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Seahawks Aim for Bounce-Back Win Against Winless Chargers

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The Seattle Seahawks play the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 4.

This is an American football game in the NFL.

The Seahawks lost their last game. Now they want a bounce-back win.

The Chargers have not won any game this season. They are winless.

People are making picks and predictions for this game.

A pick is a guess about who will win.

Many football writers share their picks before big games.

The game will be shown on TV.

There is a coverage map for the game. It shows who can watch it.

CBS will show the game on TV.

CBS has commentators for the game. They talk during the game.

Fans want to know if Seattle can win this week.

The Chargers want their first win of the season.

This is an important game for both teams.

Week 4 games help us see how good teams are early in the season.

Vocabulary11 words

Seahawks
a football team from Seattle
Chargers
a football team from Los Angeles
NFL
the big American football league
bounce-back
getting better after something bad
winless
with no wins yet
picks
guesses about who will win
predictions
guesses about the future
TV
television
coverage map
a map showing where you can watch a game
CBS
a TV company that shows football games
commentators
people who talk during a game on TV

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1. Which two teams are playing in Week 4?
2. What is true about the Chargers this season?
3. Which TV company shows the game?

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The Seattle _____ play the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 4.

This is an American football game in the _____.

The Seahawks lost their last game. Now they want a _____ win.

The Chargers have not won any game this season. They are _____.

People are making picks and _____ for this game.

The game will be shown on _____.

There is a _____ for the game.

_____ will show the game on TV.

CBS has _____ for the game.

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