每次看棒球時，對於裁判在講什麼都霧煞煞嗎?
來，棒球的專業術語通通告訴你~~~
[學習目標]: 學習棒球的相關的字詞
Practice Target: Learn the useful vocabulary about baseball.
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Dialogue: (對話)
Hope:Joey. What are you watching? Are you watching a baseball game?
Joey:Yes. MLB. It’s fun to watch it, but it’s hard to understand it in English.
Hope:What do you mean? The baseball jargon?
Joey:Jargon?
Hope:Yes. Jargon means special words and phrases that are used by particular group of people. 就是術語的意思.
Joey:Oh. I see.
Hope:So, why don’t we learn some useful terms about baseball this week?
Joey:Great! I’ve lots of words to ask. 像是裁判，投手，捕手…等等該怎麼說呀?
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Vocabulary(單字)
1.World Baseball Classic (WBC) (世界棒球經典賽)
2.Major League Baseball (MLB) 美國職棒大聯盟
3.Jargon n. 行話，行業術語
4.Terms about Baseball
1)Umpire 裁判
2)Pitcher 投手 Pitcher’s mound 投手丘
a.Curve ball 弧線球 b. Change up 變化球
c. Fastball （棒球的）快球；直球 d. Sinker 伸卡球 e. slider 滑球
3)Catcher 捕手
4)Hitter / Batter 打擊手
5)The Infield 內野 infielder內野手
a.Home plate 本壘
b.First base 一壘 first baseman 一壘手
c.Second base二壘 second baseman 二壘手
d.Third base三壘 Third baseman 三壘手
e.Shortstop 游擊手 (between the second and third bases)
6)The Outfield 外野 outfielder 外野手
a.Left outfielder 左外野手
b.Right outfielder 右外野手
c.Center outfielder 中外野手
7)Defense 守備方
a.Strike 好球
b.Strike out 三振出局
c.Ball 壞球
d.Walk 四壞球保送
e.Hit by pitch 觸身球
f.Double play 雙殺
g.Triple play 三殺
h.Tag out 觸殺
8)Offense 打擊方
9)Hit 安打
a.Single 一壘安打
b.Double 二壘安打
c.Triple 三壘安打
d.Home run全壘打
e.Grand slam 滿貫全壘打
10)Innings n.（棒球中的）局，回合
e.g. There are nine innings in a baseball game.
11)Run n. (棒球比賽中的) 一分
e.g. They got 3 runs in the first innings, but didn’t get any more until the eighth.
12)Fly ball 高飛球
13)Bunt （棒球運動中）觸擊；短打
14)Ground ball 滾地球
15)Fair ball 界內球
16)Foul ball 界外球
17)Steal a base 盜壘
18)Bases loaded 滿壘
19)Dugout （運動場邊的）隊員座席
20)Out 出局
21)Error 失誤
22)Rundown 夾殺
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