WNBA Rookie Azzi Fudd to Have Knee Surgery, Out for Season
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Azzi Fudd plays for the Dallas Wings. She is a rookie in the WNBA. A rookie is a player in their first year.
Fudd has a knee injury. She will need surgery on her knee. Surgery is when doctors fix a body part in an operation.
Because of the surgery, Fudd cannot play again this season. She will miss the rest of the regular season. The regular season is the part of the year before the playoffs.
The Dallas Wings have not played well lately. The team is in a slump. A slump is a bad period with many losses.
Wings star Paige Bueckers and her team need to find answers. They want to play better before the playoffs. Playoffs are games at the end of the season between the best teams.
Vocabulary15 words
- rookie
- a player in their first year
- surgery
- an operation by doctors to fix the body
- regular season
- the normal part of the season, before the playoffs
- slump
- a bad period with many losses
- playoffs
- important games at the end of the season
- knee
- the joint in the middle of your leg
- injury
- damage to your body
- team
- a group of players
- season
- the months when a sport is played
- star
- a very good, famous player
- operation
- when doctors work on your body to fix it
- miss
- to not be able to do something
- WNBA
- a professional basketball league for women
- play
- to take part in a game
- answers
- solutions to a problem
Quiz
Answer key
1. Knee surgery 2. Dallas Wings 3. False
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Azzi Fudd plays for the Dallas _____. She is a _____ in the WNBA.
Fudd has a knee _____. She will need _____ on her knee.
Because of the surgery, Fudd cannot play again this _____.
The Dallas Wings have not played well lately. The team is in a _____.
Wings star Paige Bueckers and her team need to find _____ before the _____.
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