VOA慢速英语:Take Me Out to the Ball Game for Some Hits of the Musical Sort

短语讲解：

1. Los Angeles Angels players warm up before an opening day baseball game against the Kansas City Royals in Kansas City, Missouri

warm up 做准备活动
例句：The dancers began to warm up fifteen minutes before the perform-ance. 
 表演前15分钟,舞蹈演员就开始准备活动。 

2. Take Me Out to the Ball Game" during baseball games. Near the end of the game, people become tired of sitting on the hard seats.

be tired of 对…感到厌倦/厌烦
例句：I' m tired of your never-ending complaints. 
 我听腻了你那没完没了的抱怨。

3. For example, in a song written in nineteen twelve, a woman tells her boy friend that she will not like him unless he is a good baseball player.

for example 例如
例句：Many great people rose from poor backgrounds -- Lincoln for example.
很多伟人出身贫寒,林肯就是一例。

4. Some people think Joe DiMaggio was the greatest player in the history of baseball.

in the history of 在…史上
例句：There have been many changes in the history of the English Language. 
 英语发展过程中有很多变革。

5. Their manager wants them to play better. He urges them to play with all the feeling that is in their hearts.

urge sb to do sth 促使/鼓励某人做某事
例句：What can we do to urge these lazy workers to greater production?
我们怎样才能鼓励这些懒惰的工人去努力增产呢?

6. In addition to the many songs written about baseball, there is a famous poem about the game, too.

in addition to 除…之外，还有…
例句：In addition to the tractor, we have acquired a new rice transplanter. 
 除了拖拉机，我们又添了一台插秧机。

7. Then it is Casey's turn at bat
.
at bat 轮到击球
例句：In baseball, only the side at bat can score. 
 在棒球比赛中，只有担任打击的一方才能得分。

8. There was an ease in Casey’s manner as he stepped into his place;

step into 踏入，跨入；插入，干涉
例句：You should not always follow your nose once you step into the world. 
 一旦你进入社会,就不能总是凭本能行事。