VOA慢速英语:Words and Their Stories: Baseball Terms

短语讲解：

1. So it is not unusual that many popular expressions come from baseball.

come from 来自
例句：I come from the south of china.
我来自中国的南方。

2.  If a batter gets three strikes, he loses his turn at bat and is called out.

call out 喊叫
例句：I heard an irate voice call out.
我听到有人以愤怒的声音喊叫。

3. A pinch hitter takes the place of someone else at a job or activity.

pinch hitter 替补
例句：Mark is sick we are sending jim as a pinch hitter.
马克病了,我们要安排吉姆为替补击球员.

4. A person who strikes out or goes down swinging attempted something but failed.

strik out 删去
例句：You had better strike out the fourth paragraph.
你最好删去第4段。

5. If someone offers me an amount that is close to my selling price, I might say the amount is in the ballpark.

close to 靠近
例句：The ship kept close to the coast.
那条船靠近海岸航行

6. However, if I say we are not in the same ballpark, I mean we cannot agree because my ideas are too different from yours.

different from 与...不同
例句：Their school is different from ours.
他们的学校与我们的不同。