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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz * S' U# d; i7 U0 m; e( l
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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. 7 o; j5 i& p |' E8 }' i
# _# r# M7 j9 l4 U1 lLH:Larry,我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀?! O \: @ x, A" f: i- T
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LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. , k6 V M) _1 Q, K b/ R5 i
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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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0 h" Z% c4 M9 X" ^* v" }LL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting! . p1 Z0 b$ u# H0 K1 `' l
* s9 k7 b9 \, 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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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. . v! _) u4 Z) q% U
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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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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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3 N$ V0 E4 A/ @; [- }3 Q6 RLH: 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 y5 }; g' B9 Q% h7 K4 Y8 {, d6 y. o
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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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' h! N' n e3 pLL: 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. # r4 w: ]6 T0 V
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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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" c: p1 m/ B7 B* 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.
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( r) t! Q$ C/ m. V9 O1 L* S& n# O. eLH: 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? : O R% d0 y$ r! u; }
8 S4 v9 K" s3 eLL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
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: E( ~7 A) h2 l# Y- H# E& n" G4 ^( a$ ]LH: 那么,要不要带件毛衣呀?
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; q8 H _+ C& Q4 g; }LL:You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. }' R! }( d3 \4 A1 U
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LH: Larry,你准备好了吗?我们该出发了!
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' v7 j. P J: v3 t7 ~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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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?) }! r+ t/ w/ t2 P! c5 D6 l6 {; O
2 ~9 E7 ^6 o: Z/ yLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. * v# R3 G3 D# z5 l2 l1 M* t
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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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& S4 j3 P. {3 Q' s9 Z* U9 ILL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.
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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。 ) U) y/ `& ^4 S' \6 Z$ K) W
: @# N' M. |* @' mLL: I really don't pay any attention to the buzz about celebrities' personal lives. I'm just not interested in it. * ^, Z( |1 E5 b8 ?! f
" A9 [" K2 Y( D1 PLH: 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. 6 e& \6 H3 e. t! a' h; m
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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- a V" r& w) F. X! x1 u) T$ JLL: That's right! % |4 p3 q( J3 d: f( k" B/ K
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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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