Nathan:过瘾?To be honest, I think baseball is too slow. 太慢了
慧慧:Oh, really?
Nathan:Oh, yeah, but although baseball may indeed be slow, there is time to think in baseball.
慧慧:To the point. 棒球虽然是slow了点,但正是这样才给了人们思考的空间和时间
Nathan:Right, and there is time to develop ritual and pathos and tradition.
慧慧:对啊,在我看来啊,每项运动其实都可以看成是一种文化的
Nathan:I totally agree. En, huihui, how about knowing something in depth about baseball through some films?
慧慧:你是说通过棒球电影了解这项运动
Nathan:对阿
慧慧:Good idea. 那我们还等什么啊,赶快进入今天的
合:Sports Review!
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Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over again. That's the way life is, with a new game every day, and that's the way baseball is.
影片A League Of Their Own就讲述了一群热衷于棒球运动的女生们的故事。第二次世界大战的爆发改变了一切,美国棒球联盟解体,为此,人们筹划着创办全部由女子棒球队组成的联合会。从选人到组队到比赛,从无人问津到广为关注,女子棒球队员们一路走来。在她们的脸上,我们看到了为梦想奋斗的执著和坚定。
In baseball, heart, smarts, and savvy count as much as physical size.
看到这满场的热烈气氛了嘛,听到这此起彼伏的欢呼声了嘛?棒球的魅力不言而喻。
(三)The game is a tradition passed down from one generation to the next.
棒球电影关键词之儿时的梦想——The Natural
在美国,大部分人都会记得儿时与父亲一同打棒球的情景
If football is warrior pitted against warrior, baseball is fathers playing catch with sons.