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)
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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）
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