I was the new coach of a Little League baseball team and had not yet learned the names of my players. At our first game, I called each boy by the number on his uniform. When I yelled,"Number5, your time to bat, " Jeff Smith came to the plate to hit. When I called for "Number 7", Steve Heinz jumped up. Then I asked for "Number 1", and no one emerged from the dugout. Again I called for Number 1. Still no one.

As the umpire¹ looked on, annoyed at this delay of the game, I shouted, "Who is Number 1?"That's when the whole team yelled, "We are, Coach! We are!

Notes:

(1) coach n.教练

(2) baseball n.棒球

(3) bat v.（用棒）击

(4) plate n.（棒球）本垒

(5) emerge v.出现

(6) dugout n.隐蔽壕

(7) umpire n.裁判员