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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz 4 h K n* l3 P9 ~5 |
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来源： 作者： 发布时间：1970-01-02
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, e' _6 y, Q- {7 h& m* _" C, CLarry和李华正在讨论暑假期间做什么。李华建议邀请一些朋友一块儿去露营。今天李华会学到两个常用语：long shot和the buzz. 7 B1 Y1 F, ~ i x* O* Y; N
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LH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？
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0 _: O: A) ?2 L' @8 w6 g3 HLL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. 9 K6 M) M, ]( D# ~
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LH: 那倒也是，他们可能已经计划好了暑期活动。不过，这跟long shot有什么关系哪？ Shot是射击。我邀他们去露营，不是去打猎......
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/ B1 {9 m0 b* B( ?LL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting! 6 e- d$ y$ j$ X; x% H! C
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LH：等等，我知道了。你的意思是，他们已经有计划了，所以不太可能和我们去露营，long shot就是不太可能，是不是？ - `) B* i+ z" m, T- q! A$ a, m
5 D: c4 Q! w/ T j4 `LL: That's exactly what it means. A "long shot" is something that is not likely to happen or there is only a small possibility of success.
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1 z3 Y4 A( X1 p5 l JLH: 你看，我猜对了吧！ Long shot是指不太可能的事。要不我们可以加入他们的活动啊？ 6 g+ ^6 r' _3 s2 d2 `- i" `# a+ r
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LL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations.
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LH: 是吗？现在已经不太可能订到机票和旅馆啦？那...还有什么是可能的，而不是long shot呢？ - T# b. v" \1 d! O
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LL: We could spend the vacation with my family at my parent's lake house. I'm pretty sure that my parents would be happy to join us there. 4 Z1 W0 m0 A% G) D: }
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LH: 哇！到你爸文明用语湖边别墅去度假，还能见到你爸爸妈妈。那真是太好了。Larry，你怎么没早点想到这个好计划嘛？ " c- b' K, _" n/ N Z' n& C" J
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LL: Well, I thought it was a long shot that you'd be willing to spend your vacation with my family. My parents sometimes could be boring. / k- f, [) N$ u! g* b) U( A
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LH: 怎么会呢？我很喜欢你爸爸妈妈。他们很和善，也很风趣。你妹妹也是个很有意思的人。我想我们会玩得很开心的。
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: o( G$ k" O" e7 h4 M. WLL: It's a long shot that my sister will come home to spend the vacation. She said she's going to Europe this summer. $ R6 R' n0 |* [6 K7 E9 X* {
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LH: 噢，她要去欧洲呀？我也很想去，但是现在没钱。Larry，暑假去你们家，我们会不会到湖里游泳啊？我要不要带游泳衣呀？ & `) W8 [5 ]& R& y0 p+ n8 Y
! l. s" n( j, V3 a; H- hLL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit. ( m4 u5 l* G6 t1 Q$ P4 N8 L* g
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LH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？ 3 H5 R. E M8 ^/ g- v4 `
$ ?, s- n' A0 Q& \3 |( e5 \4 S) DLL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. 3 M+ v9 F8 f: f
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LH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！
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8 }1 H' o+ E7 {7 P; e/ ZLL: Yep. I'm all packed. I decided to bring some new movies with us to watch, too, including a new horror movie. The buzz is that it's really scary. 3 j3 w# s! y% R7 N$ C* y
- O+ a4 d, k5 G3 c3 bLH: 你还带了电影哪？太好了，不过我可不爱看恐怖电影。对了，Larry，你刚才说，the buzz is...，什么是the buzz？* S4 C7 r: N/ ~9 g1 I3 y
; B# {6 m5 o, p M: N2 ULL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. ( u ~0 I2 O- f3 K1 n- p, P) E
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LH: 噢，buzz就是指大家谈论的话题，所以你的意思是大家都在说这部电影很可怕，是不是？
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7 x5 q. D, E0 D0 F/ g% a" iLL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. & z4 ] P) S& O8 R
! t i [: f. J- q4 [4 aLH: 真的，你还带来了Tom Cruise最新的电影。Larry,谢谢你！最近大家都在谈论，那就是： The buzz is Tom Cruise又有新女朋友了。 . e1 |: D7 r1 Z
+ m8 [+ \" a0 p0 X$ HLL: I really don't pay any attention to the buzz about celebrities' personal lives. I'm just not interested in it. & Q4 Z8 S/ g& w* l# @
, M. i/ d: k8 ^ d/ ~ dLH: 我对关于名人的传说通常也不太感兴趣。但是，Tom Cruise是我喜欢的电影明星，所以有关他的事，我是比较注意的。 ) g% H/ {, W( S5 [9 A: W
9 }- t* z2 }& H/ h4 l8 X+ @: ?LL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much. 3 B( Z& n6 W3 Y2 }, T
LH: 没错，那些媒体的报道对他们的婚姻不但没有什么好处，甚至还可能间接地破坏了他们的婚姻呢！ 9 X# M2 X& ] ~
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今天李华学到两个常用语。第一个是long shot,是形容某件事不太可能发生，机会不大。另一个常用语是the buzz，是指大家对某人或某事的谈论。 |
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