La la la la, la la la la, Elmo's world.

啦啦啦，啦啦啦，艾莫的世界。

Elmo loves his goldfish, his crayon too.

艾莫喜歡他的金魚，也喜歡他的蠟筆。

That's Elmo's world.

這就是艾莫的世界。

Hi.

你好。

This is Elmo's world.

這就是艾莫的世界。

Yeah.

是啊

Elmo is very happy to see you.

埃爾莫很高興見到你

And so is Dorothy.

多蘿西也是如此。

Say hello, Dorothy!

打個招呼吧 桃樂茜

Guess what Elmo is thinking about today?

猜猜精靈寶可夢今天在想什麼？

Doo-doo-doo-doo!

嘟-嘟-嘟-嘟

[LAUGHING] That's right.

沒錯

Balls.

球。

You know, balls.

你知道，蛋蛋。

Dorothy's been thinking about balls, too.

多蘿西也在想球的事

And Dorothy has a question.

多蘿西有個問題

Want Elmo to tell it?

想讓 Elmo 講故事嗎？

OK.

好的。

[SHOUTING] How do you catch a ball?

[你怎麼接球？

Good question, Dorothy.

問得好，多蘿西。

Let's watch Mr. Noodle catch a ball.

讓我們看看麵條先生接球的樣子。

Good question.

問得好。

Come on, shade.

來吧，陰涼處。

SHADE: OK.

好的

ELMO: Turn around, Mr. Noodle.

轉過身去 麵條先生

CHILDREN: Turn around.

孩子們轉過來

ELMO: Yeah, no, you've got to turn around to catch the ball.

是的，不，你得轉過身來接球。

CHILDREN: You've got to catch the ball.

孩子們你必須接住球。

ELMO: Yeah, that's good, Mr. Noodle.

很好 麵條先生

CHILD: Clap your hands.

拍手

Catch the ball.

接球

ELMO: Catch the ball.

ELMO：接球

Yeah, come on, Mr. Noodle, you can do it.

是啊，來吧，麵條先生，你能做到的。

Almost, Mr. Noodle.

差不多了 麵條先生

Try again.

再試一次。

Catch the ball.

接球

CHILD: You can do it.

你能做到的

ELMO: No-- not-- where are you going?

不，不是，你要去哪？

Wow.

哇

That's a big catcher's mitt.

那是個大捕手手套

CHILD: Yeah, really big.

對，真的很大。

ELMO: Boy, you're going to really catch it now.

孩子，你現在真的要抓住它了

CHILD: Oh, yeah.

哦，是的。

ELMO: That's the ball, Mr. Noodle.

那就是球，麵條先生。

Catch it!

抓住它

CHILD: Way up!

很高

CHILD: You can do it.

你能做到的

ELMO: Look, catch it, Mr. Noodle!

艾爾莫抓住它 麵條先生

CHILD: Almost, almost.

差不多，差不多。

ELMO: Boy, it's really heavy.

好傢伙，真重啊

Where you going now?

你現在去哪？

Mr. Noodle!

麵條先生

CHILD: A butterfly net.

蝴蝶網

There's no butterflies.

沒有蝴蝶。

ELMO: Oh, Mr. Noodle.

艾爾莫哦，麵條先生

You can't catch a ball with a butterfly net.

用蝴蝶網是接不到球的。

CHILD: No.

不

ELMO: Mr. Noodle.

ELMO：麵條先生

Mr. Noodle!

麵條先生

He hit it!

他打中了

He hit the ball!

他擊球了！

Now he's doing baseball!

現在他開始打棒球了

Safe!

安全

Use your hands, Mr. Noodle.

用你的手 麵條先生

That's right.

沒錯

CHILDREN: Yeah.

孩子們Yeah.

ELMO: You can do it!

你能做到的

CHILDREN: Yay!

孩子們Yay！

ELMO: Uh-oh.

啊哦

Mr. Noodle.

麵條先生

Mr. Noodle.

麵條先生

CHILDREN: Mr. Noodle!

孩子們麵條先生

ELMO: Dorothy wants to ask someone else.

ELMO：Dorothy wants to ask someone else. Dorothy 想問別人

How do you catch a ball?

如何接球？

GIRL: You have to spread your arms out and catch a ball.

女孩：你必須張開雙臂接球。

BOY: You put your arms out and when the ball is coming right

你伸出雙臂，當球飛到右邊時

at you, you squeeze your hands.

在你面前，你捏緊雙手。

See?

看到了嗎？

BOY: Dorothy.

桃樂茜

This is how you catch a ball.

這就是你接球的方式。

ELMO: Thank you, Dorothy.

謝謝你 桃樂茜

Now, let's ask a baby.

現在，我們來問問寶寶。

Baby, baby.

寶貝，寶貝

Hello.

你好

How do you catch a ball?

如何接球？

Thank you, baby!

謝謝你，寶貝！

Mwah.

Mwah.

And now, Elmo has a question for you.

現在，艾莫要問你一個問題。

How many bounces will this ball bounce?

這個球會反彈多少次？

Let's count them and see.

讓我們數數看。

ELMO AND CHILDREN:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14,

艾莫和孩子們：1、2、3、4、5、6、7、8、9、10、11、12、13、14、

15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28.

15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28.

28 bounces, yay!

28 彈跳，耶！

That as great counting, everybody.

大家都數得很清楚。

And that was some great bouncing ball.

這球彈得真不錯。

Oooh, Elmo loves some other things

哦，《精靈寶可夢》還喜歡其他一些東西呢

besides balls that bounce.

除了反彈球

And things that don't bounce, too.

還有不反彈的東西。

Want to see?

想看看嗎？

Good!

很好！

Drawer.

抽屜

Oh, ha ha ha.

哦，哈哈哈。

Ha ha ha.

哈哈哈。

Eggs don't bounce.

雞蛋不會反彈。

But they're delicious to eat for breakfast.

不過，當早餐吃也很美味。

Babies in bouncy seats bounce.

嬰兒在充氣座椅上蹦蹦跳跳。

Phone books don't bounce.

電話簿不會跳動。

Birthday cakes don't bounce.

生日蛋糕不會彈跳。

Telly doesn't bounce unless he's on a pogo stick.

泰利不彈跳，除非他在一根波戈棒上。

See?

看到了嗎？

Some things bounce besides balls.

除了球，有些東西也會反彈。

But what if balls weren't so bouncy?

但如果球沒那麼彈呢？

Elmo wants to know.

艾莫想知道

How can Elmo find out?

艾莫怎麼才能知道呢？

Oh, yeah.

哦，是的

That's right.

沒錯

Elmo can watch the ball channel.

艾莫可以看球頻道

TV.

電視

ANNOUNCER: The ball channel.

球頻道

Bouncy, bouncy balls, all the time.

彈跳球，彈跳球，無時無刻不在彈跳。

BALL: And now, if balls didn't bounce.

現在，如果球沒有反彈的話

Roll them.

滾動它們。

DOG: If balls didn't bounce.

如果球沒有反彈

If balls didn't bounce, basketball

如果球不會反彈，籃球

would be boring and impossible.

會很無聊，也不可能。

Tennis would be terrible.

網球會很糟糕。

People would get tense and testy.

人們會變得緊張和暴躁。

Little children wouldn't be able to bounce a ball at all.

孩子們根本無法彈跳皮球。

CHILD: Waah.

哇

DOG: Handball would be horrible.

手球太可怕了。

And that is what would happen if balls didn't bounce.

如果球不反彈，就會出現這種情況。

Bouncing is good!

彈跳很好！

Sometimes it's too good.

有時，這太美好了。

The end.

結束。

ANNOUNCER: That's ball, folks.

那是球 夥計們

ELMO: Wait, no!

等等，不

But-- but-- Elmo wants to learn more about balls.

但是... 但是... 艾莫想知道更多關於球的事

Oh.

哦。

How could Elmo learn more?

埃爾莫怎樣才能學到更多呢？

[KNOCKING]

[敲門聲]

ELMO: Huh?

啊？

Who could that be?

會是誰呢？

BALL: Hi.

你好

ELMO: Hi!

你好

BALL: Want to talk to a ball?

想和球說話嗎？

ELMO: Yeah!

是的

Elmo can talk to a ball.

精靈寶可夢能和球說話

BALL: Well, let me tell you a little bit about myself.

鮑爾：好吧，讓我向你介紹一下我自己。

I'm a beach ball.

我是個沙灘球

ELMO: Well, is it fun being a beach ball?

當沙灘球好玩嗎？

BALL: Oh, oh.

哦，哦。

It's a ball.

是個球

ELMO: Ha ha ha!

哈哈哈

That's funny.

真有趣

BALL: Hey, see how light and airy I am.

嘿，看我多麼輕盈飄逸。

Go ahead, pick me up.

來吧，把我抱起來

Huh, huh?

哈，哈？

ELMO: Yeah.

是的

BALL: I'm filled with lots of air, all inside me.

我的身體裡充滿了空氣

And you see?

你看到了嗎？

That helps me to bounce up and down.

這有助於我上下跳動。

ELMO: Oh, oh.

哦，哦Oh, oh.

Well, Elmo knows all about bouncing.

艾莫對彈跳了如指掌。

BALL: Really?

真的嗎？

ELMO: Elmo likes to bounce up and down too.

艾莫：艾莫也喜歡上下跳動。

BALL: Let's see.

讓我們看看。

Good bouncing, Elmo.

彈得好，艾莫

And it's fun, too.

而且還很有趣。

ELMO: Yeah!

是的

What else-- what else do balls do besides bouncing?

除了彈跳，球還能做什麼？

BALL: Ah, well, balls roll.

球：啊，好吧，球滾了。

Yeah, watch this.

是的，看這個。

ELMO: OK.

ELMO：好的

BALL: Wow.

哇

Wow.

哇

Wow.

哇

Whoa.

哇哦

ELMO: How does a ball do that?

球是怎麼做到的？

BALL: Oh, well, you see, I'm round.

哦，你看，我是圓的。

Yeah, that's how.

對，就是這樣。

ELMO: Oh, yeah, like a circle.

艾爾莫哦，是的，就像一個圓圈

Exactly.

沒錯。

Yeah.

是啊

FOOTBALL: Hey, not all balls are round, you know.

足球：嘿，不是所有的球都是圓的，你知道嗎？

ELMO: Who said that?

誰說的？

BALL: Oh, that's football.

哦，那是橄欖球。

FOOTBALL: See.

足球

I'm not completely round like that beach ball.

我並不像那個沙灘球一樣圓滾滾的。

ELMO: Yeah.

是的

Elmo sees that.

埃爾莫看到了

Is it fun to be a football?

當足球運動員好玩嗎？

FOOTBALL: Eh, I get my kicks.

足球：嗯，我有我的踢法。

BALL: Hey, you know, there are lots

鮑爾：嘿，你知道，有很多

of different kinds of balls for playing

不同種類的遊戲球

lots of different kinds of games.

很多不同種類的遊戲

FOOTBALL: 4, 18, 22, hike.

足球：4，18，22，遠足。

BALL: Yeah, footballs are for playing football.

球：是的，橄欖球是用來踢足球的。

ELMO: Oh, wow.

ELMO：哦，哇

Oh, look, look, look.

哦，看，看，看

Dorothy is imagining Elmo playing football.

多蘿西在想象艾莫踢足球的樣子。

Yay!

耶

Yay!

耶

ANNOUNCER: There are ping pong balls for playing ping pong.

有打乒乓球用的乒乓球。

ELMO: Hey!

嘿

ANNOUNCER: There are golf ball for playing golf.

播音員：打高爾夫有高爾夫球。

ELMO: Fore!

ELMO：前方

ANNOUNCER: And miniature golf.

還有迷你高爾夫

ELMO: Ah.

ELMO：啊

BALL: You see?

看到了嗎？

You couldn't play any of those games without balls.

沒有球，你就不能玩這些遊戲。

Nobody could.

沒人能做到

ELMO: Hey, hey hey.

嘿 嘿 嘿

Elmo wanted to find out what a beach ball would

精靈寶可夢想知道沙灘球會

look like without air inside.

裡面沒有空氣的樣子。

BALL: Don't look at me.

別看我

ELMO: So Elmo made a video with this camera.

艾莫：艾莫用這臺攝影機拍了一段視頻。

It's called "Squishing The Air Out of A Beach Ball," by Elmo.

它的名字叫 "擠掉沙灘球裡的空氣"，是 Elmo 的作品。

TV, TV where are you?

電視，電視，你在哪裡？

There you are.

給你

HARRY: Here we go.

開始了

Ah ha.

啊哈

Ta da!

噠噠！

ELMO: And that's squishing the air out of a beach ball.

這是把沙灘球裡的空氣擠出來把沙灘球裡的空氣擠出來

HARRY: Hi, mom.

嗨 媽媽

ELMO: Good squishing, Harry.

埃爾默壓得好 哈利

HARRY: Thanks.

謝謝

ELMO: Thank you, TV.

謝謝你，電視

Oh, boy.

哦，天哪

Look at that.

看看這個。

Elmo likes the beach ball better with lots of air in it.

艾莫更喜歡充滿空氣的沙灘球。

It's more fun to play with, and it bounces better.

玩起來更有趣，彈跳力也更好。

Look.

你看

And Elmo really likes to play ball.

埃爾莫非常喜歡打球。

Some of Elmo's friends like to play ball, too.

艾莫的一些朋友也喜歡打球。

Elmo's friend Michelle played catch with her daddy

精靈寶可夢的朋友米歇爾和爸爸一起玩接球遊戲

the other day.

前幾天。

Michelle told Elmo all about it.

米歇爾把這一切都告訴了埃爾莫。

Michelle went to the beach to play catch with her daddy.

米歇爾和爸爸一起去海灘玩接球遊戲。

Catch is a good game to play outside.

接球是在戶外玩的好遊戲。

Michelle's daddy threw Michelle the ball.

米歇爾的爸爸把球扔給了米歇爾。

She almost caught it.

她差點就接住了。

Michelle is still learning.

米歇爾還在學習。

Uh-oh.

啊哦

Oops, almost.

哎呀，差不多了。

The whole thing about playing catch is you have to catch it

玩接球遊戲的關鍵在於你必須接住它

and throw it.

然後扔出去。

Nice catch, Michelle.

接得好，米歇爾。

It takes a lot of practice.

這需要大量的練習。

Michelle caught the ball!

米歇爾接住了球！

Yay, Michelle!

耶，米歇爾

Michelle is getting better and better.

米歇爾越來越棒了。

Yeah.

是啊

They play catch for a while, then

他們玩了一會兒接球遊戲，然後

Michelle's daddy caught Michelle.

米歇爾的爸爸抓住了米歇爾。

Good catch, Daddy.

接得好，爸爸

And that's how Elmo's friend played ball.

艾莫的朋友就是這樣打球的。

Elmo really likes balls, too.

艾莫也非常喜歡球。

So does Dorothy.

多蘿西也是如此。

That's why Dorothy wants to sing the ball song.

這就是多蘿西想唱舞會之歌的原因。

Yay!

耶

Here we go.

開始了

[SINGING] Doo-doo-doo, ball, ball, ball.

[嘟 嘟 嘟 嘟 球 球 球

Ball, ball, ball.

球，球，球

Ball, ball, ball, ball, ball.

球，球，球，球，球。

Ooh, there's the word ball.

哦，還有 "球 "這個詞。

Follow the bouncing ball and sing if you want to.

跟著彈跳球，想唱就唱。

[SINGING] Ball, ball, ball, ball, ball, ball, ball, ball,

[球，球，球，球，球，球，球，球，球、

ball.

球。

[SHOUTING] Ball!

球

Ball!

球！

Ball!

球！

[SINGING] Ball, ball, ball.

[球，球，球

Ball, ball, ball.

球，球，球

Ball, ball, ball, ball, ball, ball, ball, ball.

球，球，球，球，球，球，球，球。

Ball, ball, ball.

球，球，球

Good bye, ball.

再見，球

Good bye again, ball.

再見，球。

Say good bye, Dorothy.

說再見吧 桃樂茜

Bye bye!

再見

Uh-oh.

啊哦

You know, balls.

你知道的，蛋蛋。

Oh, boy.

哦，天哪

That's right.

沒錯