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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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LH:Larry,我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀?
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LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. T! M- _$ H: ]. f2 f/ v
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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......: O2 {# }! h& V' N$ \
) f( c8 s! a' F3 _* |4 \LL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting! 2 _, l0 I5 |4 a* ^
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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?
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- L1 ` ?+ W, t" L( S0 WLL: 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. ( ^! Z) A1 e1 k$ }
% _9 K. E, E( _' wLH: 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?
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. X' w3 D5 L- KLL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations. 7 t g4 G0 y' W# N! c; ^9 V) ?0 M
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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? 3 [* Y* g- w4 T- X6 l ? V% V
1 w7 Z* e3 J; X; h, m) 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. " g. b) D* B3 w' o
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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? 4 K0 e# w" X; b1 Z
4 J1 `! h4 }7 h1 r e' Z& n7 u4 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. 9 a4 Y9 i* P o, P1 M, z
; {. \" Y, p- K1 B" g/ ^. ?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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* u! f `9 w9 B6 V4 P! B" x% p' `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? 3 Q- a+ E/ i0 {6 t; l
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LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit. 9 s( N$ H6 \8 z2 g! a* F
E" u/ H7 P. Y+ H+ J' I5 k( ~0 vLH: 那么,要不要带件毛衣呀?
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" h, k: K9 f% ^7 ~# j* u' ?LL:You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.
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! A: \. T8 ]) I8 \4 k4 }7 g0 e4 OLH: Larry,你准备好了吗?我们该出发了! # _; M4 c4 W6 j1 b* ^
4 F, y( C% K2 H: Y3 J# XLL: 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.
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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?
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LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.
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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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4 I& I- F/ A: F9 R; S+ TLL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. ; \- `2 `, R$ k8 s Y, \8 _
- s$ `) z' n- O1 d; O% pLH: 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。 5 o' ^/ F, i, f$ O
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LL: I really don't pay any attention to the buzz about celebrities' personal lives. I'm just not interested in it.
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9 R! O5 }: h& v0 ]& ~7 Q6 E; x7 w+ u, vLH: 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. 5 z' f& ^; {4 O$ J
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! $ J$ w9 Z3 z: f1 _% s
" x! H8 G5 [. b5 T$ E% PLL: That's right! 4 K! ~) Z6 O/ e. R9 o/ h* k
- O7 `" x" Q/ y7 I \, M2 I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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