职业棒球联赛重现华盛顿

Major League Baseball Returns to Washington

职业棒球联赛重现华盛顿

 

Baseball fans in Washington witnessed the first Major League game in their home ballpark in nearly 34 years Thursday as the Nationals made their home debut¹. President Bush, a former baseball team owner, threw out the ceremonial first pitch.

 

Almost 45,600 fans watched the beginning of a new baseball era² in Washington. Nationals team manager Frank³ Robinson was well aware this was an unusually special opening day.

 

Mr. Robinson: To go out and win, this atmosphere, the turnout, the President out here, other dignitaries in the stands, and real baseball fans out there cheering, it was just a special situation where you wanted to win a ballgame. And it was nice to go out and do it.

 

Mexican-born Vinny Castilla hit a home run and the crowd cheered as if the Nationals had won the World Series. Nationals left fielder Brad Wilkerson was impressed with his new home ballpark.

 

Mr. Wilkerson: It seems like the fans who were here tonight knew the game of baseball. And they lived and died with every pitch, even [on] opening night.

 

Cuban-born pitcher⁴ Livan Henandez did not give up a run until the ninth inning. With six wins and four losses, the Washington Nationals top their division⁵ in the young baseball season.

 

In Washington, Jim Stevenson, VOA Sports.

 

 

注释：

witness [5witnis] vt. 亲眼看见

Major League  棒球联合总会

ballpark [5bC:lpB:k] n. 棒球场

ceremonial [7seri5mEunjEl] adj. 正式的

pitch [pitF] n. 投掷

dignitary [5di^nitEri] n. 高官

World Series n. 世界职业棒球大赛

inning [5iniN] n. 一局

1 debut   

n.首次演出，初次露面

参考例句：

• That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
• The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。

2 era   

n.时代，年代，纪元，阶段

参考例句：

• We are living in the information era.我们生活在信息时代。
• We are living in a great historic era.我们正处在一个伟大的历史时代。

3 frank   

adj.坦白的，直率的，真诚的

参考例句：

• A frank discussion can help to clear the air.坦率的谈论有助于消除隔阂。
• She is frank and outgoing.她很爽朗。

4 pitcher   

n.(有嘴和柄的)大水罐；(棒球)投手

参考例句：

• He poured the milk out of the pitcher.他从大罐中倒出牛奶。
• Any pitcher is liable to crack during a tight game.任何投手在紧张的比赛中都可能会失常。

5 division   

n.区分，分开，除法，公司，部门，师(军队里)

参考例句：

• Have you learnt division?你学会除法了吗？
• The division commander ordered that we start the attack before dawn.师长令我们在拂晓前发起攻击。