体育和下雨水火不容.docx

Now, the VOA Learning English program Words Their Stories.现在是“美国之声”慢速英语《单词故事》节目。Baseball is often called America’s game.This may or not be true but a baseball game is a great place to learn American English.So, let’s go to the ballpark!My colleague, Christopher Jones Cruise, invited me to a baseball game recently.Let’s hear how it went.棒球总是被称为美国的国球。这可能不一定对，但是棒球比赛确实是个学习美式英语的好地方。所以，让我们去球场吧！我的同事克里斯托夫·琼斯·克鲁斯最近请我去看棒球比赛。让我们听一听这段对话。Anna, thanks for coming to the game today!It’s going to be a great game.The teams are from two countries.The Toronto Blue Jays traveled from Canada to Washington, D.C., to play the Washington Nationals.安娜，谢谢你今天来看比赛！这会是一场很棒的比赛的。这两支球队是来自不同国家的，多伦多蓝鸟队从加拿大远道而来，对阵华盛顿特区的华盛顿国民队。I’ve never been to Nationals Park before!It’s really … big!But it’s raining.Is that going to affect the game?Well, the weather experts said the rain in the D.C. area would be intermittent.It’s going to rain for a few minutes and then stop before possibly starting again.It’ll be fine.我还没来过国民队的主场呢！真的……好大！但是现在下雨了。会影响比赛进行吗？嗯，天气专家说华盛顿特区的雨将会断断续续地下。下几分钟就会停一会儿的。会好起来的。Oh, and don’t let me forget to pay you for the tickets.Don’t worry about the tickets.I only paid $5 a seat!Five dollars?That’s cheap!哦，提醒我别忘了给你票钱。别担心票钱。一张票才5美元。5美元？太便宜了！Seating close to the field for some games can be expensive.Do you see those seats all the way down there behind home plate?They can cost $375!So five dollars for a seat is a great deal!Well, I know you like to save money.You know, some people from work say I’m a cheapskate.No,no.They don’t say that … much.靠进内场的座位可能会很贵。你看到那些沿着本垒板后面的座位了吗？一张票就375美元！所以5美元挺值的！好吧，我知道你喜欢省钱。你知道，有些同事说我是小气鬼！不是！没有啦。他们没说……那么难听。I’m not a cheapskate.I just love the idea of saving money and enjoying the game in the ‘cheap seats’.Oh, I don’t mind seats this far away.But, you know, my eyesight is not that good.In fact, it looks like there’s a huge, furry animal down there on the field.我不是个小气鬼。我只是喜欢省钱的理念，喜欢买“便宜的座位”来看球赛。哦，我倒是不在意座位远近啦。但是，你知道，我眼神儿不太好。其实我看着场地里像是有一个大大的、毛茸茸的动物。There’s nothing wrong