World Series
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents Baseball’s Grandest Stage.
棒球最伟大阶段目录.
4 The First World Series.
4 第一次世界大赛。
6 The Road to the World Series.
6 世界大赛之路.
10 World Series Highlights.
10 世界大赛大事记.
12 Glossary.
12 词汇表。
16 Baseball’s Grandest Stage Your favorite team is ahead in the World Series, three games to two.
16 棒球最伟大的阶段 你最喜欢的队伍在世界大赛中领先 三局两胜
One more win means a championship.
再赢一次就意味着冠军
Now they’re behind 6-5 in the bottom of the ninth inning.
现在他们落后于9局的6比5。
With one down and two men on, up comes Joe Carter.
一人倒下 两个人上阵 乔卡特来了
He drove in 121 runs in the regular season, third best in the league.
他在121跑道中以常规赛季出道,在联赛中名列第三.
The slugger knocked in a run earlier but has not had a good series.
狙击手早点敲门 但没有好系列
The 52,195 voices in the stadium swing between hushed silence and throaty roars.
体育场里的52,195个声音在被遮住的沉默和喉咙咆哮之间摇摆.
Meanwhile, 40 million people watch the game on television.
同时,有4000万人在电视上观看了游戏.
The opposing team’s ace reliever, Mitch Williams, brings the count to two balls, two strikes.
对手球队甲级联赛球员米奇·威廉姆斯(英语:Mitch Williams)将入球点到两球,两球出局.
What will he throw next?
他接下来要扔什么?
Will Carter be the hero or the goat?
卡特是英雄还是山羊?
Here’s the pitch.
以下是投出。
the swing.
摇摆。
Crack!
崩溃!
The ball soars high, higher.
球会高高地飞起
will it get out?
它能出来吗?
It does!
没错!
The hometown crowd goes wild as Carter leaps around the bases.
随着卡特在基地上跳跃 家乡的人群变得疯狂
It’s a game- winning, series-winning, walk-off three-run home run.
这是一场游戏——赢家,连胜,走出三跑全垒打.
Never before in the history of the World Series has a player clinched the “Fall Classic” with a come- from-behind home run.
世界大赛史上从未有过一位选手用来自后方的全垒打来拼出"Fall Classic".
The Commissioner’s Trophy goes to the team that wins the World Series.
委员长的Trophy进入赢得世界大赛的队伍.
This thrilling, dramatic ending sounds like a Hollywood movie.
这令人兴奋的戏剧性结局听起来像一部好莱坞电影.
It’s not.
事实并非如此。
It’s the true story of the 1993 World Series.
这是1993年世界大赛的真实故事。
Unbelievable moments of clutch hitting, clever pitching, and great fielding have been woven through the World Series’ century-plus history.
令人难以置信的离合器被击中、聪明的投出和伟大的出击时刻被编织在世界大赛世纪后的历史中。
October is when stars showcase their amazing talents and when unknown players shine in the spotlight of baseball’s grandest stage.
10月是明星展现出自己惊人的才华,
The First World Series Baseball captured the country’s imagination in the mid-nineteenth century when amateurs played the game for fun and exercise.
第一次世界大赛棒球在十九世纪中叶抓住了国家的想象力,当时业余球员为了取乐和锻炼而出场.
Interest in the game led to the creation of a National League (NL) of professional teams in 1876.
对比赛的兴趣导致在1876年创立了职业球队全国联盟(NL).
Other professional leagues came and went in the following decades.
其他职业联赛在接下来的数十年中来来去去.
Sometimes the best teams in each league played against each other, but these season-ending games were never very popular.
有时每个联赛中最好的球队互相出场,但这些赛季结束的比赛从未非常受欢迎.
Toronto Blue Jay Joe Carter made World Series history in 1993 with his home run in the bottom of the ninth inning.
多伦多蓝杰 乔·卡特于1993年以第九局倒数第一名出道出道出道,以全垒打出场.
By 1901, however, demand for play of a high caliber led to the creation of a new, competitive American League (AL).
然而到1901年,对高口径演奏的需求导致了一个新的,有竞争力的美国联盟(AL)的建立.
At first, team owners and players in the NL ignored the AL, calling it a minor league.
起初,NL的球队主力和球员无视AL,称其为"小联赛".
Meanwhile, though, the AL had lured players away from the NL.
与此同时,AL已经将玩家从NL诱出.
Many of its teams were in the same cities as the NL, and fans of the public’s national pastime went to see AL games.
其多支球队与NL在同座城市出道,公众国家消遣的球迷去观看了AL游戏.
That hurt NL team owners where they felt it most: their pocketbooks.
这伤害了NL团队的老板 他们最感觉到的地方: 他们的口袋。
The owners quickly realized they could make extra money by staging a contest between the top teams from both leagues.
业主们很快意识到,他们可以通过在来自两个联赛的顶级球队之间进行比赛来赚取额外的金钱.
The players would share in the gate fees.
玩家将分担大门费用.
So, in 1903, the AL Boston Americans, nicknamed the Pilgrims, took on the NL ’s best: the Pittsburgh Pirates.
因此,1903年,绰号为"朝圣者"的AL波士顿裔美国人获得了NL最佳战绩:匹兹堡海盗.
This first series between the NL and AL was not a formal competition.
这首NL和AL之间的首个系列并不是一场正式的竞争.
Yet it offered a range of heart-stopping highs and heartbreaking lows.
然而,它却提供了一系列令人心碎的高点和令人心碎的低点。
Such moments have since become a constant of the World Series.
从那时起,这种时刻已成为世界大赛的一个常数。
The underdog Boston team, down three games to one, came back with four straight victories.
负于波士顿的球队以三局倒数倒数一局,以4场直胜而回.
The AL pitching great Cy Young won two of those games.
AL投出伟大的Cy Young赢得了其中的两场比赛.
Meanwhile, Honus Wagner, the NL batting champ, choked under the pressure.
同时,NL击球冠军霍纳斯·瓦格纳被压力所窒息.
He hit a measly.
他打了个平地。
222 and made six errors.
222并出6个错误.
At the first World Series, in 1903, crowds clustered around the outfield—and the infield!
在1903年的第一次世界大赛上,人群聚集在外野-和内地!
Each player on the team gets a bonus for winning the World Series.
球队中的每位球员获得世界大赛冠军的奖金.
The payment is based on a percentage of income from World Series tickets.
付款按世界大赛门票收入的百分比计算。
The percentage going to players has risen in recent decades.
近几十年来,玩家所占的百分比有所增加。
Tickets have also grown very expensive.
车票也变得非常昂贵.
Fortunately, fans today can watch the game on TV.
幸运的是,今天的球迷可以在电视上观看比赛.
In 1904, the NL-leading New York Giants refused to accept the post-season challenge from the AL.
1904年,由NL领头的纽约巨人队拒绝接受来自AL的季后赛挑战.
In October 1905, though, the NL Giants took on the AL powerhouse Philadelphia Athletics.
不过在1905年10月,NL巨人队攻克了AL动力屋费城运动员.
What a history-making series it was!
这真是一部历史系列电影!
The baseball wisdom of “good pitching beats good hitting” was on display.
正在展示“好投球胜于好打”的棒球智慧。
The Giants’ pitcher Christy Mathewson, just 25, had won 94 games in the last three seasons.
巨人队的投手克里斯蒂·马修森(Christy Mathewson)只有25人,在过去三个赛季中共赢得了94场比赛.
Over the course of six days, he threw three shutouts.
在六天的时间里,他扔了三个关闭。
That’s 27 innings without a single run scoring.
这场比赛有27次,
He did it with style, too, striking out 18 and walking only one batter.
他也有风格,击出18分,只走一棒.
From that year on, a best-of-seven World Series became an official event.
从那一年起,一出最精彩的"七大世界大赛"成为了正式的活动.
The Road to the World Series Today, the World Series is the high point of the Major League Baseball (MLB) season.
"今日世界大赛之路","世界大赛"是大联盟棒球(MLB)赛季的高分.
The winner of the American League (AL) playoffs faces the winner of the National League (NL) playoffs in a best-of-seven series.
美国联赛(AL)季后赛的得分者面对的是全国联赛(NL)季后赛的得分者,这是最佳的7个系列赛.
The team that wins the World Series gets to claim the Commissioner’s Trophy along with bragging rights as the “best in the world” for a year.
赢得世界大赛的团队可以宣称专员的特罗菲和吹嘘的权利是一年来 " 世界上最好的 " 。
Reaching the World Series, though, is a long, hard trip.
然而,进入世界大赛是一个漫长而艰难的旅程。
First, each of the thirty MLB teams (15 teams in each league) plays 162 games.
首先,30支MLB球队(每个联赛15支球队)各出场162场.
The regular season lasts from April through September.
常规赛季从4月到9月.
Then there are playoffs in each league: a wild card playoff, two division series, and a league championship.
之后每届联赛都有季后赛:野牌季后赛,两分赛事,和联赛冠军.
Here’s how it works: Each league has fifteen teams in three geographic divisions (East, Central, West).
以下是如何运作: 每个联赛共有15支球队,分三个地理分区(东,中,西).
Each division has five teams.
每个师有5个分队.
The leader of each division—the team with the best season record—automatically earns a spot in the playoffs.
每个师的队长——拥有最佳赛季记录的球队——自动在季后赛中获得一分.
That’s six teams.
这是六支队伍。
Two teams from each league with the next-best records are the “wild card” teams.
每个联赛的两支成绩最好的球队是"Wild Card"球队.
They play a one-game playoff for the last spot in the Division Series.
他们在"组织"系列的最后一场比赛中进行一局决赛.
So ten teams in total make the playoffs.
共有10支队伍进入季后赛.
The AL team and the NL team that win their leagues’ playoffs advance to the World Series.
赢得联赛季后赛的AL队和NL队提前晋级了世界大赛.
Christy Mathewson’s record-setting three shutouts in the 1905 World Series have never been equaled.
克里斯蒂·马修森(Christy Mathewson)在1905年世界大赛中创纪录的三场停赛从未获得过平分.
“Matty” was modern baseball’s first superstar.
“Matty”是现代棒球的第一颗超级巨星。
The trip to the first World Series, in 1903, was not as complicated.
1903年参加第一次世界大赛的行程没有那么复杂.
Back then, there were only sixteen teams, eight in each league.
当时只有16支球队,每支联赛有8支.
There were no playoffs, either; the team from each league with the best season record went straight to the World Series.
也没有季后赛;每个联赛成绩最好的球队直接打入了世界大赛.
The World Series is a best-of-seven playoff.
世界大赛是七强的季后赛.
It pits the two teams against each other for as many games as it takes for one of the teams to win four games.
它使两支球队相互对峙,为其中一支球队赢得了四场比赛所需要付出的多少比赛.
Two games are played at the home stadium of one team.
在一队的主场进行两场比赛.
The next three games (if necessary) are played at the home stadium of the other team.
后三场比赛(如有必要)由对方球队主场出场.
The final two games (if necessary) are played back at the first team’s home stadium.
最后两场比赛(如有必要)在一队主场回放.
By game seven, someone has to win the series.
通过游戏7,必须有人赢得系列.
World Series Highlights Christy Mathewson’s performance in the 1905 World Series made him a superstar.
世界大赛突出克里斯蒂·马修森在1905年世界大赛中的表现使他成为了超级巨星.
The World Series grew as well, becoming the climax of professional American sports.
世界大赛也发展了起来,成为美国职业体育的高潮.
Back then, football was mostly a college game.
当时,足球主要是大学生比赛.
Basketball, invented only a few years earlier, was decades away from becoming a professional sport.
仅仅几年前发明了篮球,但距离成为职业体育还有几十年的时间.
Hockey and soccer, popular in other countries, were not well known in the United States.
冰球和足球在其他国家很受欢迎,在美国并不为人所熟知.
Baseball, especially the World Series, was the most talked-about, reported-on, and eagerly awaited sporting event.
棒球,特别是世界大赛,是讨论最多、报道最多、热切期待的体育活动。
The attention focused on the World Series inspired the players, too.
对世界大赛的关注也激发了玩家的灵感.
Some of baseball’s most amazing and memorable feats have happened during the World Series.
世界大赛期间发生了一些棒球最令人惊叹和难忘的壮举。
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路易斯·底特律·波士顿 波士顿 波士顿在6场比赛中以4胜Cincinnati以"野生"牌位战胜克里夫兰以"野生"牌位战胜洛杉矶 洛杉矶分区系列赛冠军系列赛冠军系列赛冠军系列赛冠军 美国国家联赛冠军匹兹堡·坦帕湾·亚特兰大奥克兰 冠军贝比·鲁斯 小熊队打出两场比赛
Their fans boo loudly when Yankees home- run king, Babe Ruth, hits one out in the first inning.
当洋基队主打王贝比·鲁斯在第一局击出一球时,他们的球迷大叫出声.
By the fifth, the Cubs have tied the game 4-4.
到第五场,小熊队已经将比赛4-4捆绑.
Ruth comes up to an even louder chorus of boos.
露丝唱得更响亮
The pitcher throws a strike.
投子掷一棒.
Ruth holds up a finger, seemingly pointing toward center field.
露丝举起一指,似乎指向了中场.
The pitcher throws another called strike.
投手又投出一发叫"出击".
Ruth holds up the finger again, as if saying, “Throw me another one like that, and I’ll hit it to center field.”
露丝再次举起手指,仿佛说,“再给我扔一个那样的手指,我就把它打到中场去。 “
The pitcher takes the challenge.
投出者接取所挑战.
Ruth swings and sends the ball over the wall in deep center field.
露丝摇摆地将球从中场深处的墙上传出.
The crowd goes silent, and Ruth laughs while rounding the bases.
众入寂去,而露丝一笑而入圆通之所.
Did Ruth really “call” where he was going to hit the ball?
露丝真的要打球吗?
Or was Ruth holding up his fingers to note the count?
还是露丝举起手指来记点数?
Was he just trying to quiet the crowd?
他只是想让人群安静下来吗?
There’s no instant replay to help us know what really happened in that World Series game, nor does it really matter.
也没什么关系。
Ruth’s colorful performance in front of a World Series crowd has become a baseball legend.
露丝在世界大赛人群面前的多彩表演已成棒球传奇.
Willie Mays’s Catch NY Giants vs.
威利·梅斯的Catch NY Giants vs.
Cleveland Indians, Game 1, 1954 “Unbelievable!
克利夫兰印第安人,第1游戏,1954 “难以置信!
Miraculous!”
奇迹!”
cry the broadcasters.
呼喊广播员。
Then Mays has the presence of mind to whirl and uncork an amazing throw back to the infield.
然后梅斯有心思去回旋和解锁 一个惊人的倒回内地。
The startled runners return to their bases.
被吓倒的跑者返回了他们的基地.
This long out killed the Indians’ momentum and set the tone for the series, which the Giants won four games in a row.
这场漫长的战役杀死了印地安人的势头,并为系列设定了基调,巨人队连续赢得了四场比赛.
Reggie Jackson, “Mr.
雷吉·杰克逊先生,
October” NY Yankees vs.
10月),纽约洋基队对战.
LA Dodgers, Game 6, 1977 The Yankees are ahead, three games to two, and lead 7-3 in the eighth.
洛杉矶道奇队,游戏6,1977 洋基队领先出局,以3比2取胜,以7比3领先第八.
Up steps Reggie Jackson.
站起来雷吉杰克逊。
What a game he’s had!
他的游戏真精彩!
He hit home runs in the fourth and fifth innings, both times on the first pitch and from different pitchers.
他在第四场和第五场比赛中打入了全垒打,两次打入了第一投出场并来自不同的投出场.
With the score tied 2-2 in the eighth, the Indians have put two runners on base.
第八场的比分是2比2 印地安人把两个跑者打入了基地
Vic Wertz blasts one to deep center field.
Vic Wertz把一个炸到中场深处
The Giants’ Willie Mays turns at the crack of the bat.
巨人队的威利·梅斯转过一圈
He sprints straight to the outfield wall, some 450 feet (137 m) from home plate.
他直接跑到外野墙上,距离主板约450英尺(137米).
Like a football wide receiver, he extends his hands at just the right moment and makes an over-the-shoulder catch.
像足球宽接球员一样,他在恰到好处的时刻伸出了手,并打出过肩接球.
Willie Mays’s catch has never been equaled for grace, speed, and exactness on such a big stage.
威利·梅斯的捕捉量从未在如此庞大的舞台上以优雅,速度和精确度等同.
Here’s the first pitch from a third pitcher, Charlie Hough.
这是来自第三投手Charlie Hough的第一投出.
Smack!
啪！
It’s going, going.
它会去,会去。
Kiss it goodbye!
吻它再见!
Reggie Jackson is the first player to hit three home runs in a single World Series game since Babe Ruth in 1928.
雷吉·杰克逊是自1928年贝比·鲁斯(英语:Beaby Ruth (film))出道以来第一位在单打世界大赛中打入三支全垒打的球员.
More remarkably, he did it on the first pitch each time.
更出人意料的是,他每次都在第一投出场
Jackson set another World Series record in 1978, hitting a total of five home runs and earning the nickname “Mr.
杰克逊在1978年创造了又一世界大赛纪录,打入了5支全垒打并获得"Mr.
October.”
十月 October. “
The grand stage of the World Series has also hosted two of the rarest feats in baseball.
世界大赛的盛会也主持过两场最罕见的棒球大赛.
In 1920, it was a one-man triple play.
1920年出演一出单人三重奏.
In one play, second baseman Bill Wambsganss made all three defensive outs by himself!
在一出戏中,二垒手比尔·瓦姆布斯干斯(英语:Bill Wambsgans)亲自出击了三场防守出局!
In 1956, Don Larsen pitched a perfect game.
1956年,唐·拉森投出一款完美的游戏.
Not one opposing batter got on base.
没有人反对击球手进入基地。
What will happen at this year’s World Series?
今年的世界大赛会发生什么?
Come October, tune in and find out.
十月来,调入并查出.
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词汇口径(n.)
the degree of skill, ability, or importance (p.
技能、能力或重要性的程度(p.
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7) 师 (n.
a separate group that is part of a larger organization or group (p.
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amazing actions or accomplishments (p.
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12) league (n.)
12)联赛(n.
a group of sports teams that play each other (p.
一组体育队互相打球(p.
4) playoffs (n.)
4) 季后赛 (n.
a series of games played after the end of the regular season to determine a champion (p.
在常规赛季结束后进行了一系列比赛以确定冠军(p.
10) professional (adj.)
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earning money for taking part in an activity rather than doing it purely for pleasure (p.
为参加某项活动而不是纯粹为了取悦而赚钱(p.
6) season (n.)
6) 赛季 (n.
a certain time of year when something usually happens, such as a sport being played or a type of weather taking place (p.
每年的某个时候通常会发生一些事,例如正在玩的运动或某种类型的天气发生(p.
4) shutouts (n.)
4) 关闭(n.
games in which one side never scores (p.
一方从未得分的游戏(p.
9) triple play (n.)
9) 三重奏 (n.
a play in baseball that gets three players out (p.
棒球比赛让三名球员出场(p.
15) underdog (n.)
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the expected loser in a struggle or contest (p.
在挣扎或比赛中预期失败者(p.
8) wild card (n.)
8) 野牌 (n.
a player or team chosen to take part in a competition after the other competitors have qualified (p.
选手或团队在其他竞争者获得资格后参加比赛(p.
10) World Series (n.)
10) 世界大赛(n.
the annual championship of U.
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Major League Baseball (p.
大联盟棒球(p.
4) Underdog Upset After seven dreadful and frequently embarrassing years when the franchise first started, the lowly New York Mets, who finished ninth in 1968, beat 100-to-1 odds and made the World Series in 1969.
4) 下犬情绪 在特许经营权首次开始的7个可怕的和经常令人尴尬的年份之后,1968年完成第9个赛事的低等纽约大都会队以100比1的比分击败了赛事,于1969年打入了世界大赛.
They went on to overcome the highly favored Baltimore Orioles 4-1, earning them the nickname “Miracle Mets.”
他们接着克服了深受青睐的巴尔的摩·奥里奥斯4-1,为他们赢得了"奇迹大都会"的外号. “