(Sounds of baseball stadium – music, cheering)
Y: Patrick. 谢谢你带我来看棒球比赛。
P: Be quiet. Ayyyyy, Batta, batta, batta. Swing, batta!
Y: You be quiet. What are you doing, Patrick?
P: I’m heckling the players. Heckling is when you yell at a player of the team you are not rooting for.
Y: 你这样起哄会影响运动员发挥的。It’s very distracting.
P: It is distracting and it really is not good to yell at athletes you aren’t rooting for- but in baseball, it is a tradition.
Y: A tradition? 还是传统啊?I don’t believe you.
P: Well, you should. It’s a common tradition and an easy one. All you say is Batta, batta, batta. Swing, batta!
I’m hoping that the batter will miss the ball and get a strike.
Y: Oh, I get it now. 你是在冲着那个 batter,击球手起哄。
P: Right. And if the batter swings three times and misses, it is three strikes. Three strikes and you are out!
Y 三振出局。
P: That is what we want, Yang Chen. After three strikes, our team gets a chance to score.
Y: Can you yell anything you want?
P: Good question. But not really. You can’t yell anything really mean or obscene.
Y: 我知道了,不可以骂人,不可以喊脏话,那这样行吗? – Hey, 大笨瓜,you are out.
P: Uh, no.
Y: Hey look! 那个大笨瓜struck out! 被三振出局了!This is fun.!