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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 , h2 j' R4 J) t6 Z1 q
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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. * v& t8 Z! e3 }! ~" m
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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.
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, M2 K0 P" d: d0 L# V4 OLH: 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......4 F7 T) K: M- G4 t
7 D8 k1 ]5 W# ]8 p. z* o6 QLL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting!
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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? ; S7 H4 O1 y! Y/ Y6 I! n; F h+ W& G% Y
[* H' S. q8 ~( `$ d9 X6 tLL: 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. . K+ y7 B U. u; _- m) B' I. {- d
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LH: 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? , A* Q) f/ C) E" ^, w' K
6 ~: s/ L+ E9 L9 d6 Q4 I' `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? 8 O$ o2 M7 N* s! m
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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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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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0 o+ Q! O( b( y7 }( \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. 9 g+ G8 n# @9 H* y$ l9 a
; z6 I+ }3 o: s9 G6 Q2 CLH: 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。9 W# w2 I* n0 l# t& Y3 H
: L7 v3 p: M! x hLL: It's a long shot that my sister will come home to spend the vacation. She said she's going to Europe this summer. / n$ ? z# K! Z8 ]
6 D' P% H) T/ rLH: 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.
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& d- c3 A& k2 I" ZLH: 那么,要不要带件毛衣呀? 1 t" j7 l/ f' x( X
7 K* v$ q1 a' MLL:You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.
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9 B& c* U& h# YLH: Larry,你准备好了吗?我们该出发了! ( e7 m! l! W3 ?
! t2 w+ H" g M& F+ ?% 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.
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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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9 c7 t& V g# a* N. 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?
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) M6 U. p8 M0 HLL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. ' ?% ?/ {; S# F0 ~+ ~: L
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LH: 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 v4 ~4 G, c$ R# z- m& g) o" V
1 ` D) h8 M9 o, W' q/ B! wLL: 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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$ X; U& s1 ~. oLH: 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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& R: D, w7 [) B C5 }# f) W. W0 ]LL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much. 5 g3 k7 C4 I* ? [' r* R
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! % Y7 ~+ v0 _4 |% d
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LL: That's right!
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: K: [0 Z, _) ` 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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