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Good morning to all our listeners.
早上好，所有的听众们。
Welcome to TalkCast.
欢迎收听 TalkCast。
Good morning, everyone.
大家早上好。
Today is October 18th, 2026.
今天是2026年10月18日。
My name is Emma.
我的名字是艾玛。
And my name is Oliver.
而我的名字是奥利弗。
The morning air feels fresh today.
今天早上的空气感觉很新鲜。
It is great to be here with you.
很高兴能和你们在这里。
I have my warm cup of tea ready.
我的热茶已经准备好了。
We have so many fun sports stories to share.
我们有那么多有趣的体育故事要与大家分享。
Yes, we do.
是的，我们会的。
Today we talk about baseball, weather, hockey, and a game called Banana Ball.
今天我们来聊聊棒球、天气、冰球，以及一项叫做香蕉球的比赛。
Banana Ball?
香蕉球？
That sounds very funny.
这听起来非常有趣。
What are our main stories today, Oliver?
奥利弗，我们今天的主要故事是什么？
First, a baseball team from Milwaukee makes history after 44 years.
首先，来自密尔沃基的一支棒球队在44年后创造了历史。
They are going to the World Series.
他们即将进入世界系列赛。
That is huge news for baseball fans.
对棒球迷来说，这是个巨大的消息。
Second, heavy rain in Cleveland stopped a big game.
第二，克利夫兰的大雨叫停了一场大战。
Both teams had to change their plans.
双方队伍都不得不改变他们的计划。
Rain always brings big surprises to outdoor sports.
雨水总是给户外运动带来巨大的惊喜。
Third, a hockey star scored three goals two times this week.
第三，一位冰球明星本周两次单场进三球。
Fans threw hats onto the ice.
球迷们向冰面上扔帽子。
Hats on the ice?
帽子在冰上？
That sounds like a big party.
那听起来像是一个盛大的派对。
And finally, we look at Banana Ball.
最后，我们来看看香蕉球。
It is a crazy baseball show that travels to big cities.
这是一个在各大城市巡回演出的疯狂棒球秀。
I cannot wait.
我等不及了。
Let us jump into our first story.
让我们切入我们的第一个故事。
Let us start in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
让我们从威斯康星州的密尔沃基开始。
The baseball team there is the Milwaukee Brewers.
那里的棒球队是密尔沃基酿酒人队。
The Brewers played against a famous team this week, right? Yes.
酿酒人队本周对阵了一支著名的球队，对吗？是的。
They played against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
他们对阵了洛杉矶道奇队。
The Dodgers have many famous players.
道奇队有很多著名的球员。
The Dodgers also spend millions of dollars every year to buy top players.
道奇队每年还花数百万美元购买顶级球员。
That is true.
这是真的。
But the Brewers have a much smaller budget.
但酿酒人的预算要小得多。
They spend far less money.
他们花的钱要少得多。
Did the Brewers win the game?
酿酒人队赢了这场比赛吗？
They did not just win one game.
他们没有只赢一场比赛。
The Brewers won all four games in this round.
酿酒人队赢了这一轮的所有四场比赛。
All four games? Wow.
四场比赛全赢了？哇。
What do sports fans call that?
体育迷们把这称为什么？
Sports fans call that a sweep.
体育迷们称之为横扫。
A sweep?
横扫？
Like sweeping dirt off the floor with a broom? Yes. Exactly.
就像用扫帚把地上的灰尘扫干净一样？是的。完全正确。
You sweep away the other team completely.
你把另一支队伍彻底横扫了。
The Dodgers won zero games.
道奇队赢了零场比赛。
That is amazing.
这太令人惊叹了。
When did the Brewers last play in the World Series?
酿酒人队上一次打入世界系列赛是什么时候？
The Brewers last played in the World Series in the year 1982.
酿酒人队上一次打入世界大赛是在 1982 年。
That was 44 years ago.
那是 44 年前的事了。
44 years.
44 年。
Many fans were not even born in 1982. Yes.
许多球迷在 1982 年甚至还没有出生。是的。
People in Milwaukee celebrated all night long.
密尔沃基的人们整夜庆祝。
The streets were full of joy.
街头洋溢着欢乐 。
I heard about one player on the Brewers.
我听说过酿酒人队的一名球员。
His name is Jake Bowers.
他的名字叫杰克·鲍尔斯。
What is his story?
他的故事是什么？
Jake Bowers had many difficult years.
杰克·鲍尔斯度过了许多艰难的岁月。
Four other teams let him go before.
之前有其他四支球队让他离开。
He almost quit baseball.
他差点放弃了棒球。
He almost quit?
他差点放弃了？
But he stayed in the game. Yes.
但他坚持留在了比赛中。是的。
He worked very hard every day.
他每天都非常努力。
In this series, he hit the ball well and helped his team win.
在这轮系列赛中，他击球出色并帮助球队取胜。
Now he is a hero in the city.
现在他是这座城市的英雄。
Hard work really brings good results.
努力工作确实能带来好结果。
Tickets for the World Series are very expensive now.
现在世界大赛的门票非常昂贵。
Some tickets cost more than $2 ,000.
有些门票花费超过 2,000 美元。
$2 ,000 is a lot of money.
2,000 美元是一大笔钱。
But one fan had an old ticket, right? Yes.
但有个球迷有一张旧票，对吧？是的。
Years ago, the team sold a special ticket.
几年前，球队售出了一张特殊的门票。
People called it the Timeless Ticket.
人们称之为永恒门票。
What does timeless mean?
永恒是什么意思？
It means the ticket never gets old.
这意味着这张票永远不会过时。
A fan bought it long ago for $1 ,000.
一位球迷很久以前花 1,000 美元买下了它。
Can the fan use that old ticket this year? Yes.
今年这位球迷能使用那张旧票吗？是的。
The team promised that.
球队承诺过这一点。
The fan can use it for any World Series game in Milwaukee.
球迷可以在密尔沃基观看任何一场世界大赛比赛。
That fan was very clever.
那个球迷非常聪明。
He waited for years, and now he has a great seat.
他等了多年，现在他有了一个好座位。
Now let us move to our second story.
现在让我们进入第二个故事。
It is also about baseball, but the weather caused problems.
这也是关于棒球的，但天气引起了问题。
Did bad weather stop a match? Yes.
恶劣天气阻止了一场比赛吗？是的。
It rained heavily in Cleveland, Ohio.
俄亥俄州克利夫兰雨下得很大。
The Cleveland Guardians wanted to play against the Tampa Bay Rays.
克利夫兰守护者队想要对阵坦帕湾光芒队。
Did the players walk out into the rain? No.
球员们走进雨中了吗？没有。
Dark clouds filled the sky, then water poured down.
乌云密布天空，接着水倾泻而下。
The game leaders stopped the match before the first pitch.
比赛负责人在第一球投 出前叫停了比赛。
Why can baseball players not play in the rain?
为什么棒球运动员不能在雨中比赛？
Football players run in the rain all the time.
橄榄球运动员一直在雨中奔跑。
Baseball is very different.
棒球非常不同。
A baseball is small, hard, and made of leather.
棒球很小、很硬，由皮革制成。
What happens when leather gets wet?
皮革湿了会发生什么？
It gets very slippery.
它会变得非常滑。
A pitcher throws the ball very fast.
投手投球速度非常快。
If the ball slips, it can hit a player and cause pain.
如果球滑落，它可能会击中球员并引起疼痛。
Safety is very important.
安全非常重要。
That makes total sense.
这完全说得通。
Also, the dirt on the field turns into soft mud.
此外，场地上的泥土变成了松软的泥浆。
Players can slip and hurt their knees.
运动员可能会滑倒并伤到膝盖。
So what happens to the schedule now?
那么现在的日程安排该怎么办呢？
The league moved the game to the next day.
联盟将比赛推迟到了第二天。
Now the two teams have to play two games in two days without a rest.
现在两支球队必须在两天内毫无休息地打两场比赛。
That will test their energy.
那将考验他们的体力。
Pitchers need rest after they throw hard.
投手全力投球后需要休息。
You are right.
你说得对。
The team coaches need new plans for their players.
球队教练需要为球员制定新计划。
From wet grass, let us move to cold ice.
从湿润的草地，让我们转向冰冷的冰面。
What happened in hockey?
曲棍球比赛中发生了什么？
Our third story is about a hockey record.
我们的第三个故事是关于一个曲棍球纪录的。
A player named Brady Tuchuk did something very rare.
一个名叫布雷迪·图库克的球员做出了一件非常罕见的事情。
Which team does Brady Tuchuk play for?
布雷迪·图库克为哪支球队效力？
He plays for the Florida Panthers.
他效力于佛罗里达美洲豹队。
In his last game, he scored three goals.
在上一场比赛中，他攻入了三个进球。
And in the game before that, he also scored three goals.
而在那之前的那场比赛中，他也攻入了三个进球。
Three goals in two games in a row.
两场比赛连续打进三个进球。
That is six goals in total. Yes.
总计六个进球。是的。
In hockey, scoring one goal is hard because the goalkeeper wears large pads.
在曲棍球中，进一个球很难，因为守门员穿着巨大的护具。
What do people call it when one player scores three goals in a game?
当一个球员在一场比赛中攻入三球时，人们称之为什麽？
People call that a hat trick.
人们把这叫做帽子戏法。
Hat trick?
帽子戏法？
Why do people use the word hat?
为什么人们要用帽子这个词？
Long ago, a sports club gave a real hat to a player when he did something great three times.
很久以前，当一个球员三次做出伟大的事情时，一个体育俱乐部会送给他一顶真正的帽子。
So the name stayed.
所以这个名字就流传下来了。
Do fans wear special hats today?
现在球迷们会戴特殊的帽子吗？
No, but fans do something very fun.
不，但是球迷们会做一些非常有趣的事情。
When a player scores three goals, fans take off their own hats and throw them onto the ice. Really?
当球员攻入三球时，球迷们会摘下自己的帽子，把它们扔到冰面上。真的吗？
Hundreds of hats fly through the air? Yes.
成百上千的帽子在空中飞舞？是的。
Hats land all over the cold ice.
帽子落满冰冷的冰面。
Workers bring out big brooms and shovels to clean the ice.
工人们拿出大扫帚和铲子来清理冰面。
What happens to all those hats after the game?
比赛结束后，所有这些帽子会发生什么？
The team cleans the hats.
球队会把帽子清洗干净。
Then they give the clean hats to people who need warm clothes.
然后他们把干净的帽子送给需要温暖衣服的人。
That is such a nice tradition.
这真是一个美好的传统。
The fans celebrate and other people get warm hats.
球迷们在庆祝，其他人则得到了保暖的帽子。
Only two other players in NHL history scored back -to -back hat tricks before Brady.
在 布雷迪之前，NHL历史上只有另外两名球员连续上演帽子戏法。
He's the third player ever.
他是有史以来第三位做到的球员。
Back -to -back means one right after the other, correct?
背靠背意味着一个接一个，对吧？
Yes, exactly.
是的，完全正确。
It is a very special moment for Florida hockey fans.
对佛罗里达曲棍球迷来说，这是一个非常特殊的时刻。
Now, Oliver, please tell me about banana ball.
奥利弗，现在请跟我讲讲香蕉球吧。
I want to hear about this funny sport.
我想听听这项有趣的运动。
Banana ball is an exciting new way to play baseball.
香蕉球是一种令人兴奋的棒球新玩法。
A team from Georgia created it.
佐治亚州的一支球队创造了它。
They call themselves the Savannah Bananas.
他们称自己为萨凡纳香蕉队。
Why do they call themselves bananas?
他们为什么把自己称作香蕉？
They wear bright yellow uniforms from head to toe.
他们从头到脚都穿着鲜艳的黄色队服。
Yellow shirts, yellow pants, and yellow hats.
黄色的衬衫、黄色的裤子和黄色的帽子。
They look like big bananas running on green grass.
它们看起来像在绿草地上奔跑的大香蕉。
They do.
确实如此。
Normal baseball games can be very slow.
正常的棒球比赛可能会非常慢。
Sometimes a game takes four hours. Yes.
有时一场比赛要花四个小时。是的。
Sometimes fans get tired and wait for a long time.
有时球迷会感到疲倦并等待很长时间。
Banana ball changed the rules.
香蕉球改变了规则。
First, every game has a strict time limit of two hours.
首先，每场比赛都有一个两小时的严格时间限制。
It is very fast.
它非常快。
Two hours is a great time limit.
两个小时是一个极好的时间限制。
What else do they do?
他们还做些什么别的？
They play loud music all the time.
他们一直播放很大声的音乐。
The players dance on the field before they throw the ball.
球员们在扔球前在场地上跳舞。
Even the umpire dances.
连裁判都在跳舞。
The umpire dances too?
裁判也跳舞？
That is hilarious. Yes.
那真是令人捧腹。是的。
Sometimes a batter walks out on tall stilts 10 feet high and swings a bat.
有时，击球手会踩着 10 英尺高的高跷走出来挥棒。
How can anyone hit a ball on stilts?
怎么有人能在高跷上击球呢？
That sounds like a circus.
这听起来像个马戏团。
It is like a circus and a sports game together.
它就像一个马戏团和一场体育比赛的结合。
And here's my favorite rule.
这儿有我最喜欢的规则。
If a ball flies into the crowd, a fan can catch it.
如果球飞进人群中，球迷可以接住它。
What happens if a fan catches the ball?
如果球迷接住球会发生什么？
If a fan catches the ball, the batter is out.
如果球迷接住球，击球手就被罚出局了。
No way.
绝不可能。
So the fans actually help the team on defense. Yes.
所以球迷实际上在防守端帮助了球队。是的。
Children, parents, and grandparents bring their gloves to catch the ball.
孩子们、父母和祖父母带着他们的手套去接球。
The whole crowd screams with joy.
全场人群高兴得尖叫。
That sounds like so much fun.
这听起来太有趣了。
Where can people watch banana ball?
人们在哪里可以观看香蕉球？
The team announced a big new tour.
该球队宣布了一次大型的新巡回赛。
In 2027, they will play in huge stadiums and big cities.
到 2027 年，他们将在巨大的体育场和大城市进行比赛。
They will also visit Canada and Mexico for the first time.
他们还将首次访问加拿大和墨西哥。
That is wonderful.
这太精彩了。
Sports should bring smiles and happiness to everyone.
体育运动应该给每个人带来微笑和快乐。
That brings us to the end of our morning news today on TalkCast.
这使我们来到了今天 TalkCast 早间新闻的尾声。
We talked about baseball history in Milwaukee, rain in Cleveland, hats on the ice in hockey, and
我们讨论了密尔沃基的棒球历史、克利夫兰的雨、冰球比赛中冰面上的帽子，以及
dancing players in banana ball.
香蕉球中跳舞的球员。
Before we finish our morning talk, we have a fun question for all our listeners today.
在我们结束早间谈话之前，我们今天为所有听众准备了一个有趣的问题。
Here is our question.
这就是我们的问题。
If you go to a hockey game, what kind of hat will you wear to throw onto the ice?
如果你去观看一场冰球比赛，你会戴什么样帽子扔到冰面上？
Will you wear a warm winter hat, a sports cap, or a silly party hat?
你会戴一顶保暖的冬帽、一顶运动帽，还是一顶滑稽的派对帽？
Please write your answer in the comments below. Yes.
请把你的答案写在下面的评论区。是的。
Write your answer or check the comments to see what other listeners say.
写下你的答案或查看评论，看看其他听众是怎么说的。
Thank you for listening this morning.
感谢您今天早上的收听。
Have a wonderful and safe day.
祝您度过一个美好而安全的一天。
Have a great day, everyone. Goodbye.
祝大家有美好的一天。再见。
