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片段对白：

Billy: Hey.

Peter: Hello.

Billy: Who are you?

Peter: I'm Peter Brand.

Billy: What do you do?

Peter: I'm special assistant to Mark Shapiro.

Billy: So, what do you do?

Peter: Mostly player analysis right now.

Billy: Been on the job long? First job in baseball?

Peter: It's my first job anywhere.

Billy: Wow, congrats.

Peter: Thank you.

Billy: First job. Whose nephew are you? Why does Mark listen to you?

Peter: I don't think, uh... I don't think he does very often.

Billy: He just did.

Peter: Well, in that circumstance, I think he was more listening to Bruce than myself.

Billy: Mm-hm. Who are you?

Peter: I'm Peter Brand.

Billy: I don't give a rat's ass what your name is. What happened in there? What happened in that room?

Peter: I'm not quite sure what you're asking me, Mr. Beane.

Billy: What did you tell Bruce?

Peter: I just told Bruce I like Garcia.

Billy: You like Garcia. Why? Why?

Peter: I don't know. Ahem. There is an epidemic failure within the game to understand what is really happening. And this leads people who run Major League Baseball teams to misjudge their players and mismanage their teams. I apologize.

Billy: Go on.

Peter: Okay. People who run ball clubs, they think in terms of buying players. Your goal shouldn't be to buy players. Your goal should be to buy wins. And in order to buy wins, you need to buy runs. You're trying to replace Johnny Damon. The Red Sox see Johnny Damon and they see a star who's worth $7.5 million a year. When I see Johnny Damon, what I see is...an imperfect understanding of where runs come from. The guy's got a great glove. He's a decent leadoff hitter. He can steal bases. But is he worth the $7.5 million a year that the Boston Red Sox are paying him? No. No. Baseball thinking is medieval. They are asking all the wrong questions. And if I say it to anybody, I'm ostracized. I'm a leper. So that's why I'm cagey about this with you. That's why-- I respect you, Mr. Beane, and if you want full disclosure, I think it's a good thing that you got Damon off your payroll. I think it opens up all kinds of interesting possibilities.

Billy: Where you from, Pete?

Peter: Maryland.

Billy: Where'd you go to school?

Peter: Yale. I went to Yale.

Billy: What'd you study?

Peter: Economics. I studied economics.

Billy: Yale, economics and baseball. You're funny, Pete.

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Billy’s father: Tell me, why Billy? What is it that makes him special?

Scout A: Very rare do you come upon a young man like Billy who can run, who can field, who can throw, who can hit, and who can hit with power. Those five tools, you don't see that very often.

Scout B: Most of the youngsters that we have an interest in have one or two tools, and we're hoping to develop an extra one. Your son has five. I mean, we're looking at a guy that's a potential superstar for us in New York. The time is right now to get him started.

Scout A: We're prepared to make a sizable financial commitment. The Mets are gonna stand behind Billy because we expect him to be our big-league center fielder. This check here represents the offer that the New York Mets would be making to Billy.

Billy’s mother: You do know that he's been accepted to Stanford on a full scholarship?

Scout A: I do.

Billy’s mother: So he can do both?

Scout A: Unfortunately, he can't do Stanford and professional baseball. He would have to pick one or the other. If he wants to be center fielder for the Mets, he wants to be a baseball player, he really needs to accept this as life's first occupation, first career. We're all told at some point we can no longer play the children's game. We just don't know when that's gonna be. Some of us are told at 18, some of us are told at 40, but we're all told. But this is an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. We want you badly, and we think that this amount of money expresses that desire.

Billy’s father: Billy, this is your decision, and whatever that decision is, you know it's fine with your mother and I.

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Peter: Hello?

Billy: Hey, it's Billy Beane.

Peter: Hey, what time is it?

Billy: I don't know. Listen, would you have drafted me in the first round?

Peter: What?

Billy: After I left, you looked me up on your computer. Would you have drafted me in the first round?

Peter: I did, yeah. You were a good player.

Billy: Cut the crap, man. Would you have drafted me in the first round?

Peter: I'd have taken you in the ninth round. No signing bonus. I imagine you would've passed and taken that scholarship.

Billy: Yeah. Pack your bags, Pete. I just bought you from the Cleveland Indians.

Peter: Okay. People who run ball clubs, they think in terms of buying players. Your goal shouldn't be to buy players. Your goal should be to buy wins. And in order to buy wins, you need to buy runs. You're trying to replace Johnny Damon. The Red Sox see Johnny Damon and they see a star who's worth $7.5 million a year. When I see Johnny Damon, what I see is...an imperfect understanding of where runs come from. The guy's got a great glove. He's a decent leadoff hitter. He can steal bases. But is he worth the $7.5 million a year that the Boston Red Sox are paying him? No. No. Baseball thinking is medieval. They are asking all the wrong questions. And if I say it to anybody, I'm ostracized. I'm a leper. So that's why I'm cagey about this with you. That's why-- I respect you, Mr. Beane, and if you want full disclosure, I think it's a good thing that you got Damon off your payroll. I think it opens up all kinds of interesting possibilities.

Billy: Where you from, Pete?

Peter: Maryland.

Billy: Where'd you go to school?

Peter: Yale. I went to Yale.

Billy: What'd you study?

Peter: Economics. I studied economics.

Billy: Yale, economics and baseball. You're funny, Pete.

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Billy’s father: Tell me, why Billy? What is it that makes him special?

Scout A: Very rare do you come upon a young man like Billy who can run, who can field, who can throw, who can hit, and who can hit with power. Those five tools, you don't see that very often.

Scout B: Most of the youngsters that we have an interest in have one or two tools, and we're hoping to develop an extra one. Your son has five. I mean, we're looking at a guy that's a potential superstar for us in New York. The time is right now to get him started.

Scout A: We're prepared to make a sizable financial commitment. The Mets are gonna stand behind Billy because we expect him to be our big-league center fielder. This check here represents the offer that the New York Mets would be making to Billy.

Billy’s mother: You do know that he's been accepted to Stanford on a full scholarship?

Scout A: I do.

Billy’s mother: So he can do both?

Scout A: Unfortunately, he can't do Stanford and professional baseball. He would have to pick one or the other. If he wants to be center fielder for the Mets, he wants to be a baseball player, he really needs to accept this as life's first occupation, first career. We're all told at some point we can no longer play the children's game. We just don't know when that's gonna be. Some of us are told at 18, some of us are told at 40, but we're all told. But this is an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. We want you badly, and we think that this amount of money expresses that desire.

Billy’s father: Billy, this is your decision, and whatever that decision is, you know it's fine with your mother and I.

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Peter: Hello?

Billy: Hey, it's Billy Beane.

Peter: Hey, what time is it?

Billy: I don't know. Listen, would you have drafted me in the first round?

Peter: What?

Billy: After I left, you looked me up on your computer. Would you have drafted me in the first round?

Peter: I did, yeah. You were a good player.

Billy: Cut the crap, man. Would you have drafted me in the first round?

Peter: I'd have taken you in the ninth round. No signing bonus. I imagine you would've passed and taken that scholarship.

Billy: Yeah. Pack your bags, Pete. I just bought you from the Cleveland Indians.

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第一页：片段欣赏
第二页：巧学口语
第三页：小小翻译家
第四页：文化一瞥

1. epidemic: 流行的，传染的。请看例句：Buying goods on the installment plan has become epidemic in recent years.（近几年来，用分期付款的办法购物十分流行。）

2. leadoff hitter: 第一棒打击手。

3. medieval: 老式的，守旧的。看一下例子：rather medieval methods of contraception（相当落后的避孕方法）。

4. ostracize: 放逐；排斥。例如：Their children were ostracized by teachers and pupils alike.（老师和学生都对他们的子弟采取冷淡疏远的态度。）

5. leper: （由于社会道德等原因）大家不敢接近的人，受排斥的人。

6. cagey: 小心翼翼的，吞吞吐吐的。请看例句：He gave a cagey, vague answer to my question.（他小心翼翼、含糊其词地回答了我的问题。）

7. payroll: 发薪名单，薪水册。

8. field: 接（球）；截（球）；守（球）。

9. sizable: 相当大的。

10. Cut the crap: 别废话。

11. signing bonus: 签约奖金。

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1. 他们的一些处罚方式简直野蛮极了!

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2. 他被拒于上流社会之外。

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3. 传染病突然侵袭了那个村庄。

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4. 不过，如果订货数量大，我们可以考虑。

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橄榄球运动起源

橄榄球是球类运动的一种。盛行于英、美、澳、日等国家。起源于英国，原名拉格比足球(Rugby football)，简称拉格比。因其球形似橄榄，在中国称为橄榄球。

1823年的某一天，英格兰沃里克郡拉格比镇的拉格比学校正在举办校内足球比赛。有一位名为威廉·韦伯·艾利斯的学生，因为一次踢球失误感到懊恼，一时心血来潮，便抱起球跑向对方球门。此一动作虽然犯规，却引起在场观众的兴趣。此后在该校的足球比赛中，抱球跑的情况便频频发生，并逐渐传播开来。后来经由一些热心人士的研究与改善，便逐渐发展成为一项新的运动。由于是从拉格比学校开始发展的一种足球衍生运动，便称之为“拉格比足球”。 用球起初所使用的球是用猪的膀胱经太阳晒干后吹涨来使用，其形体呈椭球形，有别于足球的圆球形，因此也增加了球滚动时的不确定性，这特点也是这项运动之所以吸引人的地方。1851年，拉格比学校门口的皮鞋商Gilbert先生制造了由四块皮缝合的椭圆形球参加伦敦博览会展示，从此英国所有的球队开始使用 Gilbert先生制作的四块皮缝合的椭圆形球了。

1845年，橄榄球运动发展出第一套规则。1863年，英格兰主要的几个橄榄球俱乐部决定离开英格兰足球协会而独立。1871年，正式成立了第一个橄榄球运动组织-英格兰橄榄球联合会(Rugby Football Union)。

由于当时英国海权极为强盛，橄榄球运动随着英国海军向外拓展至英国的属地、殖民地，随后再渐渐推广至其他各国，成为一种世界性的运动。