American Sports English

P: Hey Yang Chen, could you please give me our baseball tickets? The attendant needs to see them.

Y: Tickets? Yeah, no problem. Let me see ?

P: What? What's the problem?

Y: I didn't bring them. But I can show my ID!

P: Isn't this the third time you've forgotten to bring tickets to the game? You know what? You aren't allowed to be in charge of bringing the tickets anymore.

Y: 三次？Please give me another chance ? it makes me feel so important!

P: Enough. That's three strikes, Yang Chen. You're out!

Y: I don't understand, Patrick ? 你說什么Three strikes, you're out! 我不懂。

P: How many baseball games do I need to take you to? In baseball, a strike S-T-R-I-K-E is when the pitcher throws the ball on the target to the batter and the batter either swings and misses the ball or lets the ball pass him. The umpire ?U-M-P-I-R-E yells, strike! Or more like, "streeeeeeikkkkkkkkkke!"

Y: 我怎么沒聽到過棒球裁判 umpire 喊“streeeeeeikkkkkkkkkke!”

P: That's because you are at the snack bar all the time during the games.

Y: Well, 那這個Three strikes, you're out! 到底和我有什么關系？

P: We have the general saying 'three strikes and you're out' in American English to express when someone still hasn't corrected a problem after three failed chances. When they're "out" it usually means that they no longer have the opportunity.

Y: 其實我知道 Three strikes, you're out! 就是棒球里的"三振出局"，如果一個人同樣的錯誤犯三次，我們就說:

P: Three strikes, you're out!

Y: Three strikes, you're out!

A: Three strikes, you're out! Three strikes, you're out!

A&B: Three strikes, you're out! Three strikes, you're out!

B: Waitàwhat are we talking about here?

A: Hmmm, 沒什么，就是練習一下咱們的三振出局氣勢！

B: 哈哈！這個留著以后用！好了， 這次節目時間就到這里。這次的剪輯是小北，編輯是蔚然。同學們，我們下次的美語訓練班再見！

A: See you later!