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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz
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来源： 作者： 发布时间：1970-01-02
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Larry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.
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0 I, O. `3 S+ O" B9 gLH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？% S& s5 r2 `0 q0 w1 |
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LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. 2 j) ~5 r5 @/ _, Y( Z
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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......5 r+ K6 w F8 R7 y- D
2 u8 B% e Y! u5 N& ]3 q) {LL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting! + [% V" o) z0 n
5 b& N' ~, o* x; LLH：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？ : d. e: \" o: \5 E6 o0 K- T. L7 i
& d2 q/ P2 `- w2 lLL: 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. 2 [# J# e* L+ o: m. ]
% k, _9 z: \+ _' ^0 C. {# CLH: 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？ * q" x, z) E1 r- B K
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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. ) W7 a" |0 {* g# P: \: R
/ b) U$ R3 N2 f" `. PLH: 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？ 0 w& Y3 f! M A: w' L! b
9 r: K$ h0 P( Q* X, K; Z8 TLL: 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. & }. O2 B% Z z e
$ p7 L( ^+ b- C" H) ]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？
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) L7 o5 w- i$ s7 F/ m, ]% ELL: 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.
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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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LL: It's a long shot that my sister will come home to spend the vacation. She said she's going to Europe this summer.
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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？ & x( o1 B" |- X" _
6 D! p3 @( W2 R XLL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
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LH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？
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LL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.
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LH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！ 7 g1 `9 k* G% }8 T! Q# Y
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LL: 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. : T" a$ b1 O" a# J
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LH: 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？. y" K# t$ @+ n# b( o
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LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. # e) M0 e9 p' f; Y1 _2 I" [8 w& a! g
1 a3 \+ A9 h3 N1 d$ C9 U TLH: 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？ 4 ~5 {4 _. L2 M* h
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LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. ! `* A" W& D* L. K+ N
. y2 @- _6 n L: I& _, SLH: 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。 " U# R1 s' L# L: e
* A# V- A* H6 i5 P: `" U1 QLL: I really don't pay any attention to the buzz about celebrities' personal lives. I'm just not interested in it. ! b* j1 ^6 l$ e% z0 M& {7 c
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LH: 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。
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LL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much.
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' `- A: U. D, eLL: That's right! / ^; p" Q8 o0 x6 y. l, F2 _
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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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