小时候有种新棒球刚问世,叫作“威孚球”,其实就是塑料做的空心球和球棒。它的出现大大降低了误伤邻居玻璃的风险,连带也放宽了对场地的限制,甚至在后院和车道上都能打。
The participants in these games were local neighborhood kids and schoolmates. The group was somewhat fluid. Some guys — and it was a “guy” thing in those days — played more often than others; but there was room for a wide range of skill levels.
去打球的都是些邻居家的孩子和同学,人员很不固定。有些小爷——那年月打棒球可是件挺“爷们儿”的事儿——打得比别人多,但技术水平却相差甚远。
Prior to secondary school, I don’t recall having that much homework, and no one I knew was getting after-school tutoring or taking after-school lessons in music, ballet or other pursuits. This was, after all, the suburbs. In wealthier downtown neighborhoods, like parts of Manhattan, it would have been a different story.
上中学前,我几乎没什么作业,也没见过谁要去上补习班或者兴趣班学音乐、芭蕾之类。毕竟我们住在郊区,如果换作市里的富人区,比如曼哈顿,那情形肯定大不相同。
In other words, there were few scheduling issues getting in the way of childhood pursuits such as after school sports, so sports assumed a fairly large role in the play time agenda.
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