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 A:     It’s a beautiful day here in New Zealand at the
        Men’s Volleyball world championship. My name
        is Rick Fields and I’m joined by the man with the
        plan, Bob Copeland.

 B:    Thank you, Rick. We’ve got a very exciting en-
       counter ahead of us today as two powerhouse
       teams, Brazil and China, face off against each
       other and try to qualify for the next round. Without
       a doubt, both teams are in top shape and this will
        prove to be a competitive match.

 A:    The ref signals the start of the game and here we
       go. Ribeiro serves and China quickly receives the
        ball. Chen bumps it to the setter, and... a very
        nice set by Chen!

 B:    Xu spikes¹ it! Wow, what a great hit! The Brazil-
        ian blockers anticipated the play and tried to block
        him but he managed to get the ball in! Great play.
 A:     It’s China’s service now. What a superb jump
       serve by Li, oh, and we have a let serve. The
        ball was coming in fast and almost made it over
       the net.

 B:     Brazil calls for a time out and we’ll be right back,
       after a short commercial break.

1 spikes   

n.穗( spike的名词复数 )；跑鞋；（防滑）鞋钉；尖状物v.加烈酒于( spike的第三人称单数 )；偷偷地给某人的饮料加入（更多）酒精（ 或药物）；把尖状物钉入；打乱某人的计划

参考例句：

• a row of iron spikes on a wall 墙头的一排尖铁
• There is a row of spikes on top of the prison wall to prevent the prisoners escaping. 监狱墙头装有一排尖钉，以防犯人逃跑。 来自《简明英汉词典》