Sports writer Paul Gallico wrote that Babe Ruth played ball in the same intense way that he lived his life.

VOA: special.2011.03.27

They were coming home from high school but I had no time now for thoughts like that and promised myself a ball in Denver.

她们正从高中放学回家，但我没工夫想那些,想着到丹佛再去一场舞会便是。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

And there are only two ways to move the ball in football and to gain yards.

而且在美式足球比赛中，只有两种方式去推进球来获得码数。

美式足球 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

The batter also is out if he hits the ball in the air and an opposing player catches it.

VOA: special.2009.04.12

Or if they hit the ball in the air and they're caught, they're out.

或者他们在空中击球，并且被抓到了，他们就出局了。

板球的规则 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

The U.S.sealed the victory in the 72nd minute through Clint Dempsey, who pounced on a loose ball in front of the Spanish net and deposited it in the goal to double the American lead.

VOA: standard.2009.06.24

And then, on the top of 3, we get another example: "In other words we've got to get on the ball, darling, what I'm saying, otherwise it'll be fluctuating and lack of true knowledge or crystallization of our plans."

然后，在第三页上面，又有一个例子：,换句话说我们必须去这个舞会，亲爱的，我是说，不然就会变得波动又缺少真知识,或使我们的计划结晶化“

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

"They don't find their place in the traditional team sports or ball sports and they're looking for something else.

VOA: special.2009.09.11

It's a little easier to hit the ball hard to the opposite side from the side which is your foot and that's the same principle in baseball.

从另一侧击球更容易发力,在棒球中这个道理也是适用的

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

As of March,about fifty of the eighteen thousand students at Ball State were taking part in the Degree in Three program.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

And what he found is that all the major cell types of the ear develop no matter what types of the ear develop no matter what environment this ball has been transplanted in.

他发现,不论植入的环境如何,所有的主体耳细胞,都发育成型了。

斯坦福公开课 - 7个颠覆你思想的演讲课程节选

It's up to us; the ball is in our court." And that's the VOA Special English Education Report, with reporting by Lonny Shavelson.

VOA: special.2010.08.05

So because of my height, in school, they would give me the ball.

所以在学校里他们会因为我的个子高而把球传给我。

麦迪逊广场花园 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

In two thousand five, Ball State University in Muncie,Indiana, began a program called "Degree in Three."

VOA: special.2009.07.23

There's a doll named Maxie and Maxie puts the ball in the cupboard.

有一个叫做马克西的洋娃娃,马克西将球放进了橱柜里

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

In nineteen nineteen, he hit the ball out of the baseball park twenty-nine times.

VOA: special.2011.03.27

Much more than biological instincts, much more than neurosis, much more than the person who exists in a Newtonian reality like a billiard ball.

不仅仅是生理本能，不仅仅是神经症，不仅仅是牛顿学说世界里的台球。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

Today the ball is larger and covered in more than two thousand crystals.

VOA: special.2009.12.28

The rate and pace of change in the industry is such that it's always kind of a jump ball environment where companies are not able to hang on to a great position for a super long time.

这一行变化的速度,就是这样,总处于一种跳球环境中,公司不能,永远处于不败之地。

斯坦福公开课 - 戴尔CEO-Michael.Dell谈创业和发展课程节选

Dennis Hoffman wrote about him in his book "Legends of the Ball."

VOA: special.2011.01.09

So in reality, we need to take into account a little bit more, and in particular, we need to take into account the abilities of players to hit the ball accurately and/or hard.

所以分析实际情况时要深思熟虑,比如说,我们需要把罚球队员的,射门力度跟精准度考虑在内

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

Yang Moo-jin, a scholar with the University of North Korean Studies in Seoul, says the North is "playing hard ball".

VOA: standard.2010.05.27

And there is no belief you could possibly hold given these numbers in this game that could ever rationalize shooting the ball to the middle.

在给出的这些数据下,无论你认为门将有多大概率会扑向右路,从中路射门绝对不是一个合理的选择

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri told reporters in Gaza that the ball is in Israel's court.

VOA: standard.2009.10.03

In the ninth inning, Tampa Bay batter Gabe Kapler sent a ball heading for the stands in left-centerfield, threatening a home run and spoiling Buerhle's perfect game.

VOA: standard.2009.07.24

An eyewitness who owns a shop inside the market also told reporters that he heard a loud explosion, with a ball of fire and clouds of smoke in its aftermath.

VOA: standard.2009.06.01

"If someone had told me in law school,even, that I have a crystal ball and I see in your future that you're an art lawyer, I probably would've said, 'What in the world is an art lawyer?'" Because there weren't any.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

White Sox Outfielder DeWayne Wise, who had just been inserted in the lineup for defense, saw the ball coming and headed for the front of the stands where he leaped, stuck his glove above the wall, and caught the ball for an out.

VOA: standard.2009.07.24