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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz / P; x5 f. E7 m% u
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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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4 D* n/ p% f6 q9 A5 GLH:Larry,我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀?3 w9 G( X: ^: v. `- d. w
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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......
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LL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting!
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8 L' e$ o7 O7 c$ A% H5 DLH: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? 4 s! e9 \4 S9 L5 l
9 J: g% Z. }. F2 w" W8 L& HLL: 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. / T7 w4 I6 S" n# \+ _9 k# }
/ k7 h9 U) y& f! M, q4 ?: s! r, w; MLH: 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? ' S B8 \, J( U Q" @; I# v+ m
: l9 I8 u3 Q# [) j$ \# z# ILL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations.
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2 p% w2 |* F. j. n$ HLH: 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? % Z7 f+ q: d$ t
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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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/ _ _# l0 s7 ]5 S+ C$ T1 R* zLH: 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? ; d7 s: Z# {9 G) ^' }
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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. + b1 T/ p3 ]3 m3 F* ?
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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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7 Y" h% d/ n4 T$ DLL: It's a long shot that my sister will come home to spend the vacation. She said she's going to Europe this summer. " D: @' H7 L F/ W& C! l8 {6 b
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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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: @4 P9 I W" U* Y# hLL: 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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' R5 {+ O4 X0 }4 Q9 l, }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!
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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. ( ]1 E% j; u6 j+ L' C6 e( b
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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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LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. ) a4 {. W- L- j4 G/ i1 Z
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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。 + {" q6 E$ K' A; Q& p
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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。 ' w$ _" F3 I3 N
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" L4 {- w: I* ?. o, b" T5 s9 jLH: 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!
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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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