棒球

Bella: Well, Phil's a minor league baseball player, and he travels a lot

呃， Phil 是小职业球队联盟的棒球运动员，他经常外出

But in Travis County, Texas, good drivers can also get tickets; to Minor League Baseball games!

但是得克萨斯州特拉维斯郡，一个优秀的驾驶员同样有可能被开单子；给小职业棒球联盟！

He gave me my first model airplane, my first baseball mitt and my first bicycle.

他给了我第一架模型飞机，第一个棒球手套和第一辆自行车。

I gave him a baseball mitt for his birthday.

为祝贺他的生日，我送给他一只棒球手套。

I gave him a baseball mitt ~ his birthday.

为祝贺他的生日，我送给他一只棒球手套

My brother gave me a baseball mitt for my 14th birthday.

我哥送我棒球手套当十四岁的生日礼物

He took her money in one hand and with the other hand he grasped her mitten and said Take me to where you live.

他一手拿起她的钱，另一只手抓起了她带着棒球手套的小手说：带我到你们住的地方去。

Soda pop was more profitable than chewing gum: he netted a nickel for every six bottles, and stuffed these coins proudly into the ball-park-style nickel-plated money changer on his belt.

卖汽水比口香糖更赚钱：他卖出6瓶汽水能挣到5美分，并把这些硬币骄傲地塞进挂在腰带上的荷包里——这是一个棒球风格、镀镍的荷包。

Moreover, players with softball experience showed lower self-determination, higher externalcontrol motivation and more motiveless willingness toward baseball than those without softball experience. This might result from overtraining, burnout or lack of interest. Finally, the perception of gender inappropriateness might be eliminated due to improvement in skills and fulfillment with the demands of environment attributed to involvement.

最后，性别适合知觉并未对自我效能和运动动机有预测效果，先前研究将此变项视为一种替代经验，本研究则发现个体在实际与活动后，因为技术熟、可酌讯息增加、较能适应棒球活动需求，原先的性别适合知觉或刻板印象可能会减少，所以对自我效能和动机的影响变得较微弱。

When is a muscle-bound Austrian megahunk with an accent thicker than a gallon jug of molasses as American as baseball and apple pie?

一个肌肉发达、带有浓重口音的奥地利壮汉何时会像棒球和苹果派一样成为美国的象征呢？

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。