47. Fans
Baseballandfootball1 crowdsarehappiestwhentheyfeelthattheyhavebecomeapartofthegamethatisbeingplayedforthem. . .. inbaseball, sectionsoftherooters2 setoutdeliberatelytorattle 3 apitcherwithrhythmicoranti-rhythmichand-clappings, whichevertheythinkwillannoyhimthemost, orbysettingup4 abedlam5 ofsound, orbywavingsomewhatcloudypocket-handkerchiefsathim. mostrooting, asamatteroffact, growsoutoftheindividualspectator’sdesiretoidentifyhimselfwiththeproceedingsonthefield, toshakehimselffreeoftheanonymityofthecrowdandbecomeanactiveparticipantinasportforwhichnaturehappensnottohavefittedhim.
theloveliestgirlsintheworldsitinthefootballcrowds, theirfreshfacesframedinfur. thetoughestbabiesintownseemtocollect6 attheballgames, idlesisterssittinginpairschewinggum7, fanning8 themselveswiththeirscorecardsandaddingtheirharshscreamstothehullabaloo9 thataccompaniesasharplyhitballortheracebetweenballandmanforthebase . thebaseballcrowdiscosmopolitan10 . itcontainsrepresentativesfromeverywalkinlifeandfromeveryprofession. itisthemostexpertgatheringintheworld, andthemostappreciativeofskill. thecrowdofsixtythousandthatsitsintheyankeestadium 11 onasundayafternooninmidsummer, andtheworldseries12 crowdofthesamenumberthatwatchestheinter-leagueplay-off13 inthefall, areasdifferentasblackandwhite14, althoughbotharelookingatthesamegame. worldseriesspectatorsaren’tregularbaseballfans. mostofthemhaveneverseenagamebefore. theyaredrawnbytheballyhoo , thepublicityandthehigherprices. theysitontheirhands15 andrefusetowarmuptotherisingandfallingtidesofbattle. thebleachercrowdgetsabetterviewofthegamethanthesnootierpatronsinthestandsandboxes. theyseethegamethewaytheplayersseeit.
阅读自测
Ⅰ. inthispassage , therearemanytermsaboutsportsandtrytowritethemdownaccordingtothechinesemeanings :
啦啦队队员———
啦啦队队长———
投手———
记分牌———
球场———
球迷———
廉价露天看台———
看台———
包厢———
世界职业棒球锦标赛———
夺标决赛———
Ⅱ. question :
trytosaysomethingaboutfansonthefield.