(单词翻译:单击)
Young people in their crisp Little League uniforms ran up and down the field in giddy anticipation.
年轻人穿着干净利落的少年联盟球衣，满怀期待地在球场上跑来跑去。
The smell of nacho cheese and sizzling chicken fajitas spread through the bleachers on the hot summer night breeze.
在炎热的夏夜微风中，玉米片奶酪和墨西哥鸡肉卷(鸡肉滋滋作响)的味道在露天看台上蔓延开来。
It has been a month of mourning in Uvalde, Texas: 21 funerals in 17 days in the wake of a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.
德克萨斯州乌瓦尔德举行了为期一个月的哀悼活动：在罗布小学发生大规模枪击事件后，17天内举行了21场葬礼。
This weekend’s Little League All-Star Championship, an event Uvalde had proudly planned to host, had seemed like the next casualty; of the 19 children killed, six were on the team.
本周末的少年联盟全明星冠军赛是乌瓦尔德曾自豪地计划去主办的一场比赛，似乎会成为下一场灾难；在遇难的19名儿童中，有6名是该球队成员。
No one felt like competing, much less cheering.
没有人想要竞争，更不用说欢呼了。
But then they thought again. Maybe baseball was exactly what they needed.
但后来他们又想了想。也许棒球正是他们所需要的。
“You don’t want to use the word ‘fun,’ but you want to see children happy again,” said Cody Gardner, whose 9-year-old son, Jage, was eager to play ball.
“你不想用‘有趣’这个词，但你想看到孩子们再次快乐起来，”科迪·加德纳说，他9岁的儿子贾格渴望打球。
“Baseball has always brought us together. There is still an overwhelming sense of sadness and a little bit of normalcy.”
“棒球总是让我们走到一起。 现在仍然有一种难以承受的悲伤以及一点点回到正常的感觉。”
On Thursday, they paused to honor the dead at an opening ceremony at the City of Uvalde Sports Complex, handing out a jersey and a baseball to each of the six families who had lost a player.
周四，在乌瓦尔德市体育馆举行的开幕式上，他们停下来向死者表示敬意，向失去一名球员的六个家庭分别分发了一件球衣和一个棒球。
Uvalde Little League’s president, J.J. Suarez, moved down a line of two dozen relatives, hugging each of them in turn.
乌瓦尔德少年联盟主席苏亚雷斯走到一排有20多名亲属的队伍中去，依次拥抱他们。
First, there were 21 seconds of silence. Then, the deep voice of the announcer, Wade Carpenter, echoed across the field.
首先是21秒的沉默。 接着，播音员韦德·卡朋特低沉的声音在球场上回荡。
“We are Uvalde strong. Let’s play ball!” he said.
“我们是强大的乌瓦尔德。让我们打球吧！”他说。
And with that, players fanned out across four baseball diamonds, pitched balls, ran the bases and, for a few hours, set aside their grief in the arms of America’s favorite pastime.
伴随着话语，球员们散开了，形成了四个棒球方阵，他们投球、打垒、在几个小时的时间里，在美国最受欢迎的消遣活动的怀抱中抛开悲伤。
Leticia Rodriguez, 61, cracked a bittersweet smile, watching children and their parents form a long line to savor the fajitas she was cooking next to the concession stand.
61岁的莱蒂西亚·罗德里格斯露出苦乐参半的笑容，看着孩子们和他们的父母排起长队，品尝她在商摊旁边制作的墨西哥卷饼。
“In a small town like this, there is not much to do. All we got is baseball,” said Ms. Rodriguez, whose 18 grandchildren have all played in the Uvalde Little League. “We had to come back for the children. We had to.”
“在这样的一个城镇上，没什么可做的。 我们能做的只有棒球，”罗德里格斯说，她的18个孙子孙女都在乌瓦尔德少年棒球联盟打球。 “我们必须为孩子们而来。 我们必须这么做。”
The summer tournament almost did not happen.
夏季锦标赛差点就举行不了了。
Although Uvalde had been chosen this spring to host the regional tournament, the May 24 shooting prompted the Uvalde Little League, which sponsors more than 620 children ages 4 to 15, to consider ceding the hosting privileges to another town.
尽管乌瓦尔德在今年春天被选为地区锦标赛的主办城市，但5月24日的枪击事件促使赞助620多名4至15岁儿童的乌瓦尔德少年棒球联盟考虑将主办权让与另一个城镇。
