Newest Hockey Team Leading the Stanley Cup Finals
时间：2018-12-08 作者：英语课 分类：2018年VOA慢速英语(五)月
The newest professional hockey team in the United States is leading the series for the championship of North American hockey.
The Vegas Golden Knights 1 of Las Vegas, Nevada, defeated the Washington Capitals of D.C., Monday night in Game One. The score was 6 to 4.
The Stanley Cup Finals is a best of seven games series.
The Knights began its first season last October. At the time, Las Vegas was recovering from the worst mass shooting in the U.S.
On October 1, an attacker on a high floor of a Las Vegas hotel used a military-style assault 2 rifle 3 to shoot at a concert crowd below. The gunman killed 58 people and wounded more than 700. He then killed himself.
Bill Bradley is with the sports department of the Las Vegas Review-Journal. He said the Golden Knights worked to help the city recover.
He said team members "went to blood banks, went to food banks, went to meet with first responders. People felt like they cared."
The Knights are the first expansion 4 team in the National Hockey League since 2000. They have broken several records in their first season.
The team won eight of their first nine games. Then came some losses and injuries. But Bradley said the team had made fans, with "600, 700, 800 people showing up for practices every day."
One such fan is John Laubhan. He said supporters started to think that the team could win a first-season championship.
He added, “As the season went on, they proved it could happen. And look where we are - Stanley Cup finals!"
Laubhan's son Brandon was also at the practice. He said the city's spirits lifted as the team continued to win. He said, "To have the team come at that time to lift the spirits of everybody, it was truly indescribable."
Fan Anthony Valdovinos agrees, calling the city “energized.”
He added, "People are happy, shaking hands, (saying) 'Oh my God, you're a Knights fan? I'm a Knights fan.' It's good for the city."
Camille Gabel moved to Las Vegas from Michigan. She said Las Vegas is a city of transplants 6.
She added, "Very few people are from here. Everybody moves here. So, the Knights have really given the community something to band around."
Already champions
The Golden Knights are good, but can they win the Stanley Cup?
"Definitely," said fan Kevin Lewis, as he and his family watched the team practice. "We've got the momentum 7...we're going to win it."
Fans say whatever happens now, the Vegas Golden Knights are already champions to the desert city.
Words in This Story
ice hockey – n.a game played on an ice rink in which two teams of six players on skates use curved 8 sticks to try to shoot a puck into the opponent's goal
league – n. a group of sports teams that play against each other
motive 9 – n.the reason to do something
editor – n.one who corrects written articles or products
responder– n. one who is first on the scene of an accident
expansion– adj. growing larger
practice – v. to do something again and again in order to become better at it
odds 10 – n. to do something again and again in order to become better at it
transplants – n.one who has moved to a new place to live
momentum – n.the strength or force that something has when it is moving
- stories of knights and fair maidens 关于骑士和美女的故事
- He wove a fascinating tale of knights in shining armour. 他编了一个穿着明亮盔甲的骑士的迷人故事。
- She appeared in court on charges of kidnapping and assault.她因受到拐骗和侵犯人身的指控而出庭。
- The trainees were put through an assault course.受训人员接受了突击训练课程。
- The soldiers keep a tight hold of the rifle.战士们紧握手中的枪。
- They armed him with a rifle.他们发给他一支步枪。
- The company has promised wide consultation on its expansion plans.该公司允诺就其扩展计划广泛征求意见。
- The plan will give an impulse to industrial expansion.这个计划将促进工业的扩展。
- We are energized by love if we put our energy into loving. 如果我们付出能量去表现爱意，爱就会使我们充满活力。 来自辞典例句
- I am completely energized and feeling terrific. 我充满了活力，感觉非常好。 来自辞典例句
- The heart transplants have been read about and discussed everywhere. 人们已读到关于心脏移植的报道，到处都在议论此事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- A number of terms are used in various classifications of transplants. 移植物的各种分类中应用了一系列的名词。 来自辞典例句
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- The missile curved gracefully towards its target. 导弹呈优美的曲线状飞向目标。