雨中的棒球比赛

Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. Baseball is often called America's game.

This may or not be true but a baseball game is a great place to learn American English. So, let's go to the ballpark! My colleague, Christopher Jones Cruise, invited me to a baseball game recently.

Let's hear how it went. Anna, thanks for coming to the game today! It's going to be a great game. The teams are from two countries.

The Toronto Blue Jays traveled from Canada to Washington, D. C. , to play the Washington Nationals. I've never been to Nationals Park before! It's really . . . big! But it's raining. Is that going to affect the game?

Well, the weather experts said the rain in the D. C. area would be intermittent. It's going to rain for a few minutes and then stop before possibly starting again. It'll be fine.

Oh, and don't let me forget to pay you for the tickets. Don't worry about the tickets. I only paid $5 a seat!

Five dollars? That's cheap! Seating close to the field for some games can be expensive.

Do you see those seat all the way down there behind home plate? They can cost $375! So five dollars for a seat is a great deal!

Well, I know you like to save money. You know, some people from work say I'm a cheapskate.

No! NO. They don't say that . . . much. I'm not a cheapskate. I just love the idea of saving money and enjoying the game in the 'cheap seats'.