超越韓國
Ben and Rose are both baseball fans. They are chatting.
班和蘿絲都是棒球迷。他們在聊天。
Ben: I just checked the world’s baseball rankings of the World Baseball Softball Confederation. Guess what!
班：我剛剛查了世界棒球排名。你猜怎麼著！
softball壘球guess what猜猜怎麼著
Rose: We hit rock bottom?
蘿絲：我們跌到了歷史新低？
hit or reach rock bottom來到最低點
Ben: No, we rose to second place! Our historical high!
班：不，我們升到了第二名！創下歷史新高！
rise(v.)上升、增加、起身-rose-risenhistorical high歷史新高、historical(adj.)歷史的、historical document歷史文件、historic(adj.)歷史上有價值意義的、a historic moment歷史性的一刻、history(n.)歷史
Rose: Hurray! Who tops the list for now?
蘿絲：萬歲！目前誰位居榜首啊？
top the list成為榜首
Ben: Japan. South Korea falls behind us in third place.
班：日本。韓國則排在第三位。
fall behind落後
Rose: Too bad that we will miss out on the Tokyo Olympics this year.
蘿絲：我們會錯過今年的東京奧運真的非常可惜。
too bad that…太可惜miss out on sth.錯過
Ben: It’s too risky to take part in the qualifying game in Mexico due to COVID.
班：疫情期間參加墨西哥的資格賽風險太大了啊。
risky(adj.)有風險的take part in=participate in參加qualifying game資格賽due to+N.由於
Rose: I know. Which six teams will compete at the Olympics?
蘿絲：我知道。哪六支球隊會比奧運呢？
compete(v.)競賽、competition(n.)比賽
Ben: Japan, Korea, the US, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, and Israel.
班：日本、韓國、美國、墨西哥、多明尼加和以色列。
the Dominican Republic多明尼加Israel以色列
Rose: Well, let’s watch the games together then.
蘿絲：那我們到時候再一起看比賽吧。