除了提供音檔，我們也提供完整英語內容 Announcer: You’re listening to: Top of the Topics! 第6屆世界盃少棒賽~~ 在台南開打了 Now, please welcome your host, Chuck McSilver! Chuck: Hello and welcome to another episode of Top of the Topics! The show where if you don’t know the news … Audience: You Lose! Chuck: Let’s meet today’s contestants: ladies and gentlemen, say hello to Jay and Kay! Chuck: Jay, Kay, welcome to the show! Both: Thanks Chuck! Chuck: Jay! Glad to have you back! Jay: Glad to be here, Chucky boy! Chuck: And Kay! How are you feeling? Kay: Pretty confident, Chuck! Chuck: She’s a fighter! Let’s see who gets knocked out this week, with a trip to Clever Corner and everyone’s favorite resident know-it-all, Sally Smartypants! Sally? Sally: Thanks Chuck! Today’s Topic is: The WBSC Under 12 Baseball World Cup! Chuck: OK … Jay, Kay, I’ll give you a word, you give us a definition. First correct answer wins. Fingers on buzzers. Ready? … Word one: ‘WBSC’ Jay. Jay: That’s an acronym, Chuck, not a word. Chuck: Acronyms are made of words! Can you tell us which ones? Jay: The World Baseball and Softball Confederation Chuck: Correct! Sally? Sally: This biannual baseball tournament is the only under 12’s sporting event to feature national teams, making it the highest ranking competition of its kind in the world. Chuck: Word two: ‘Biannual’ Kay. Kay: Something that only happens once every two years Chuck: Correct! One point each. Sally? Sally: Having been held in Taiwan ever since it began, this year is no exception. 2022’s championship is taking place at Tainan’s awe-inspiring Asia-Pacific International Stadium. Chuck: Uh-oh! That sound means we’ve run out of time, and we have a tie! You know what that means?! SUDDEN DEATH! One at a time, answer as fast as you can. Ready? Both: Ready! Chuck: We’ll start with you, Kay. The question is: Which national teams will be competing in this year’s Under 12 Baseball World Cup … Ready? Your time starts … now! Kay: Taiwan! Jay: Guam! Kay: Japan! Jay: Korea! Kay: Mexico! Jay: Italy! Kay: South Africa! Jay: The Czech Republic! Kay: Venezuela! Jay: The Dominican Republic! Kay: Panama! Jay: The United … States of … Something! Chuck: Oooo! Bad luck Jay! The word you were looking for was, of course, America. Sorry to see you go, pal … You had a good time? Jay: It was alright, yeah. Chuck: Kay, well done! See you next time? Kay: Bring it on