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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
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3 l. |! X/ @. B+ fLarry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. 6 p- _' Z% U _* F/ @' E, i
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LH:Larry,我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀?- f( t# m7 d7 ~
4 C% W7 p+ {6 GLL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. , i6 x; J% f) A
/ ?, z/ _/ _" D- [6 x" ALH: 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......5 I* L2 P! e/ X0 q
- q0 P% t) Q4 n i! yLL: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? / h+ m# q7 v& r. w9 E x8 |( J" j
1 f* e: @0 k* |) |# C) qLL: 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. 5 k4 v, Q- P& m) C' i0 v z1 A; ~6 @
R, x) V7 N6 h- K/ ? GLH: 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? ' _9 c9 R; `. E9 J, g
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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. 3 @2 M1 k- ?6 ]
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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? : h# y# s! ]8 ^& p% p% {/ U
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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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: p; w! @/ ?' a6 ~1 D! bLH: 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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+ v/ P" u/ L+ G2 KLH: 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。3 F- X2 u' w- t0 e7 ^5 Y4 T
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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 K$ `* Q9 o) Y1 U8 s f: 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. ! ?# ]3 Z! I6 w# _' J
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LH: 那么,要不要带件毛衣呀?
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r- q& d4 s4 N6 f, H4 Y. }) {LL:You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.
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0 @, @/ J6 r9 Y) {" }* M MLH: Larry,你准备好了吗?我们该出发了! & F9 K" }: o6 y0 i7 D w1 q$ e6 L
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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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: u: f% M& g0 [6 B1 S0 S/ T NLH: 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? ' h% O4 L3 L5 {1 k) e& f6 B5 U# J
3 E3 t# P# r/ E7 V5 o/ t q2 KLL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. + q! h* q* t9 Y" P. k2 ^1 u
7 V# X# e1 T4 s* u" RLH: 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. # [) { ]8 t$ A I. C C. Y
- D. K4 q$ h }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。 , q. L. ] _4 `% L% G
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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. 9 `4 d1 I0 d0 p+ `# R+ x8 _; G# s
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! + t g8 F6 L. ^) m0 Z. [, n! Q
6 O- p4 i x1 t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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