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I was the new coach of a Little League baseball team and had not yet learned the names of my players. At our first game, I called each boy by the number on his uniform. When I yelled,"Number5, your time to bat, " Jeff Smith came to the plate to hit. When I called for "Number 7", Steve Heinz jumped up. Then I asked for "Number 1", and no one emerged from the dugout. Again I called for Number 1. Still no one. As the umpire looked on, annoyed at this delay of the game, I shouted, "Who is Number 1?" That's when the whole team yelled, "We are, Coach! We are! Notes: (1) coach n.教练 (2) baseball n.棒球 (3) bat v.（用棒）击 (4) plate n.（棒球）本垒 (5) emerge v.出现 (6) dugout n.隐蔽壕 (7) umpire n.裁判员 Exercises: 请回答下列问题： ① Why didn't the coach know the names of his players? ② How did the coach call the boys since he didn't know their names? ③ Who was number five? ④ Why did the coach get annoyed? ⑤ How did the players interpret "Number I"? 87.教练与他的队员 我初到一小团体棒球队作教练，还不知道队员的名字。在第一次比赛中，我按照每一名队员球衣的号数来指挥。当我大声喊到：“5号，你该击球了。”杰夫·史密斯到本垒击球。当我叫到“7号”时，史迪夫·汉斯就跳起来。然后我叫到“1号”，却没人从隐蔽壕里跳出来。我又叫了一遍1号。还是没人跳出来。 因为裁判在旁观看，我很生气这支球队的懒散，大声吼道：“谁是1号（第一）？” 这时全体队员大喊道；“是我们，教练！我们是！” 练习参考答案： ① Because he was the new coach. ② He called each boy by the number on his uniform. ③ Jeff Smith. ④ Because no one responded to his call, and the umpire looked on. ⑤ The best team |
