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第 15 课:Baseball-2

But a person who threw a curveball did something unexpected. Someone who steps up to the plate is ready to do his or her job.

A pinch hitter takes the place of someone else at a job or activity.

A person who strikes out or goes down swinging attempted something but failed.

We also might tell the person that three strikes and you are out.

But someone who hit a home run or hit it out of the park did something extremely well.

Sometimes I have to give information quickly without time to think it over.

Then I would say something right off the bat. If someone is doing an extremely good job and is very successful, you might say he or she is batting 1000.

If I say I want to touch base with you, I will talk to you from time to time about something we planned to do.

I might say I touched all the bases if I did what is necessary to complete a job or activity.