EP 0085The Weekend
Baseball
Hello baseball fans, and welcome back to today’s game! My name is Rick Fields and of course, I am here, once again, with the man that seals the deal, Bob Copeland.
It’s a beautiful day to see two world class teams face each other and fight for their right to be called champions.
Well, the national anthem has just been sung, and the umpire has started the game. It’s time to play ball!
Roger Vargas is up at bat. The pitcher winds up and strike one!
A very nice curve ball by the pitcher. The catcher gives him the sign, he winds up and Vargas gets a line drive!
The players are scrambling to get the ball. Vargas gets to first base and he’s still going! The outfielder throws it to second! Vargas slides! He’s safe!
Great play!
We have a runner on third and up at bat is Brian Okami! There’s the pitch, he hits it! It’s going, going, that ball is gone!
Home run by Okami! That puts this team ahead by two as we are at the bottom of the fifth inning here at Richie Stadium!
核心词汇
world classAdjective
ranking with the best in the whole world
national ancommon
the song that represents
themnoun, singular
a country and is played in ceremonies
umpirecommon noun, singular
a person who controls and judges a baseball game
up at batphrase
get ready to hit the ball
wind upphrase
get the energy to throw the ball
curve ballcommon noun, singular
a ball thrown on a curve (i.e. not straight) that is hard to hit
pitchercommon noun, singular
the player who throws the ball to the batter
catchercommon noun, singular
the player behind home plate who catches the ball without being hit
line drivephrase
a hit that travels low along the baseline
scrambleverb
do something quickly and in a disorganized way
outfieldercommon noun, singular
a player who plays in the area that is relatively far from the pitch
safeAdjective
successfully gets to the base
home runphrase
a hit that strikes the ball out of the field
inningcommon noun, singular
a set of baseball containing a turn at bat and a turn in field for each side
拓展词汇
up to batphrase
the next in line to do something
ballpark figurephrase
an approximate number
hit it out of the parkphrase
to do something very well, or very successfully
off the batphrase
immediately, with out delay
screwballcommon noun, singular
an unusual, crazy, or eccentric person