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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz 5 |8 B* Q- c: h0 _# z$ k# n+ t
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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. / @! ~. }5 j8 _' t1 }
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LH:Larry,我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀?* z l# h& ]! u) x% I$ _" g# g D
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LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.
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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......" M2 v5 c9 I9 p% R7 Z+ F
+ c4 a. Z8 v, a/ u; QLL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting!
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% {% M- k V$ ], N+ ULH: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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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?
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& b1 h4 j( p6 Q& ~% x0 e; XLL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations. 8 n1 T! t+ [; g' \& i6 N/ 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? 6 f5 K$ K8 t! g8 ^
$ w: Q6 ]9 t- M- `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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* w* m& W) c' t$ S$ T4 N" ~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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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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/ G: t, I L7 T: R; K" GLH: 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。; d6 Y- D+ ^4 [8 o% s3 l
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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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9 j0 S! `% Y( n: b; W, ~$ mLH: 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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8 K3 f2 n( v" M- a8 c8 {LH: 那么,要不要带件毛衣呀?
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5 }# M6 B; N: P8 DLL:You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. 7 i3 f. r" S/ g+ k
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- x6 |: x9 [9 _3 K: j8 Y* R% X. WLH: Larry,你准备好了吗?我们该出发了! ' H# N: f' R7 s4 u4 k9 l6 J/ r
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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.
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6 Z4 X/ Z2 F0 U2 B/ PLH: 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?/ o. L* D% d- m
4 x- ]7 D' p: {" Z$ qLL: 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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' m4 A# y8 w3 j9 k qLL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. 3 J: E% k2 b$ ^: t+ P# l7 W
2 n, ?; ^: s, A! e& LLH: 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。 ' S9 A4 c& b, C* U& B$ @! m# j3 D
- V7 L2 u- n5 s" ]& }* ~8 DLL: I really don't pay any attention to the buzz about celebrities' personal lives. I'm just not interested in it. 3 a" J; X' H2 r. `
6 J4 d( _# \& _9 G6 b* B9 y" j CLH: 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。 + O5 Z, @2 P: f) v _
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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.
' `- B% }9 U4 C6 XLH: 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! & c. n# ?3 D- i% l
2 [, i' s3 r1 D3 U2 v, }LL: That's right!
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% R% F! S6 m% ]8 e ?; l; A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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