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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz 5 O) v2 r8 n0 T5 s" F
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: R V( l4 z% R2 v2 sLarry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. % N4 N2 g4 O; f
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LH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？5 k! b5 m3 L$ x" i: |+ W
- k/ o" y+ t. ~8 ^: ELL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.
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' |% V- i. m* z9 h& g* iLH: 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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: Q4 i4 C& v) x: _' D! bLL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting! 1 G8 ]! z+ j0 x! F
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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？ " D0 d ^* I1 u* e$ M" M" ?
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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. ; Z: q% j; [' l% s9 x) y3 i3 t+ c7 n
( k1 M. G9 X1 f4 hLH: 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？ ' D/ E" @) ]) J. K/ k0 K& z! z2 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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% M4 c' f9 V) C& ELH: 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？
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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.
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: N5 [/ E. t/ t& Y" l4 `. CLH: 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？ ' Q! A: N1 @/ ?5 F: P/ n4 h' C& t/ F
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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.
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4 T7 T3 [1 z. q/ ^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。1 K, d7 H9 x4 I6 o2 ?4 f1 X9 f
7 b$ H, g# Z/ Y; a2 QLL: 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？
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LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit. 8 E6 l1 c9 _, b8 X/ R
8 }* i4 h- l) T/ H% lLH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？ ; S0 F) }' Z q
' |3 F3 [$ q- ^* ], d0 XLL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. * C' g) N9 |3 Q
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! N: m: k- Y# v+ q7 CLH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！ 2 W% n9 O5 Z, p5 z. r% b. I5 t
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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. ! l4 J' g( \! V
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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？3 }5 G" p$ C5 d: _
3 e/ w' P' [; Q& T! I1 {LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. $ M6 p& J$ p$ b Y2 ^7 ? {, U
4 k7 \7 f" e# Y- d$ [+ [- ZLH: 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？ 9 ~3 @* Y* W$ x3 j6 v0 t0 y# m/ q
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LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.
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2 [6 Q$ W4 W5 P; V( ?& nLH: 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。
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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. : ^: P8 M; p* Q0 b9 _( m
P% `/ _& E* Y+ _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。 5 o9 v8 p" Z# _8 g4 z* W3 F
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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.
+ S4 U: A' U0 u( a& ~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！
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LL: That's right! & Y1 r; g7 ?, t7 r- w% ~1 U
$ J3 d1 M. o% I; L5 e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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