Have you ever heard someone say, "the crack of the bat?" Usually, when people use this phrase, they are talking about the sound a baseball bat makes when a baseball player hits a ball.
When this baseball player hit the ball, his bat not only made a sound, it actually cracked in half. Although some baseball bats are made of metal, all baseball bats used in professional baseball games must be made of wood. Because wood is not as hard as metal, sometimes the bats crack.
It might look impressive when a player's baseball bat cracks, but it doesn't actually mean that he hit the ball especially hard. It doesn't even mean that the pitcher threw the ball especially fast. Sometimes things that are made of wood just crack. (Kayleen Hartman, Staff Writer)
PHOTO : AP
你聽過「the crack of the bat」嗎？人們通常用這個片語來形容棒球選手揮棒擊球時所發出的聲音。
當這名棒球選手擊球時，球棒不只發出聲響，還斷成一半。某些球棒雖是以金屬製成，但職業球賽都必須使用木製球棒。木材因不如金屬堅硬，所以球棒有時會斷裂。
球員的球棒斷裂雖然看起來很了不起，但這不表示他特別用力揮棒，更不表示投手投球特別快，只是木製品有時就是會斷裂。 （翻譯：鄭湘儀）
Many consumers are guilty of filling drawers or closets with old laptops, cellphones, fitness trackers and other electronic devices once they are no longer needed. It’s hard to know where to recycle such items, or it seems costly and inconvenient to do so. The world generates millions of tons of electronic waste — also called e-waste — each year. According to the UN’s most recent estimate, people worldwide produced 62 million metric tons of e-waste in 2022, and only about 22 percent of it was properly recycled. The US’ Environmental Protection Agency estimates that less than a quarter of e-waste is
Travel fever is back, and it’s contagious. After years of being kept home during the COVID-19 pandemic, people are once again eager to explore the world. Rather than just book any trip, travelers are getting smarter about how they scratch that travel itch. Microcation Defined as four days or fewer and over 160km away from home, the microcation perfectly matches the post-pandemic mindset. After long periods of remaining indoors, people are making up for lost time by taking short, frequent getaways throughout the year. These brief trips avoid the work-life imbalance that comes with long absences. With only a few days away, one’s
Continued from yesterday（延續自昨日） https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/lang Gig Tripping “Gig tripping” combines concerts with travel. People fly to see their favorite artists perform — usually abroad—and spend a few days sightseeing before or after the show. While die-hard fans have done this since the 1960s, the post-pandemic travel boom changed the game. Even people who aren’t superfans are now booking international concert trips because they want to make the most of travel opportunities. This trend exploded in the US, as the math makes sense. Domestic concert tickets are so costly that flying abroad for the show plus tourism expenses often matches or even beats the price
A: Apart from collaborating on crossover comics, “Chibi Maruko-chan” and “Crayon Shin-chan” will launch co-branded merchandise and pop-up stores this time. B: Actually, you don’t need to fly to Japan. Taipei’s Huashan 1914 Creative Park is hosting multiple anime-themed pop-up stores — including one for Shin-chan. A: Really? What other pop-up shops are there? B: They include stores themed around “Dragon Ball,” “Snoopy,” “Rilakkuma,” “One Piece,” “Jujutsu Kaisen,” “Frieren” and “Chiikawa X Sanrio.” A: Wow, I was just watching the second season of the live-action “One Piece.” We can visit the park during the Tomb-sweeping Day long weekend
RSS