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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz + F1 G6 U: w$ V) }1 z8 E
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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.
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/ M% I# M; F. _& xLH：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. ' [( w9 ^4 o, |- |- G( k
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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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( q" Z8 D: @5 ~( i% y# O9 B0 aLL：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？ , p* z3 }: ?+ C% ^. }( c) M
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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: @/ {9 m2 T) r8 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？
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: [, [9 V [/ L/ `0 qLL: 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 K. [: w6 |& v) Z' @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？ 5 i, U, t8 z& N
* \% F) @9 N8 s2 O7 b, ULL: 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. ; r9 ]- q/ k P( \0 Q& Q; z5 j
f$ L: z* L- i. R1 nLH: 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？ . \8 a( M5 E* T+ H1 x c8 M5 M
+ k: V4 l& O; R% 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. , c6 w; s3 j9 d V5 U
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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。9 B8 |$ i) ]* g2 t% b- Q# @& A
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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. + Z' B4 g) G4 B2 w% u; l" u
8 Q9 a* U. `6 W* {9 R8 vLH: 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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$ J @4 O; a2 Y6 HLL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit. / t+ v. G, S" K; V8 w1 F+ B$ x) k
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LH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？ ' `' P7 M' B5 G
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LL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. * C2 L; ~8 m+ Q, [/ y7 t3 @
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" c& H0 Y: ~* h/ GLH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！ * p/ f+ b# [7 R' w4 E& }! W
* n# Q# {: P9 u$ aLL: 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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- C4 ]' Y7 ^% ]7 ] j5 I- eLL: 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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3 c. T6 y4 v& `2 N8 ~/ vLL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.
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6 P4 a+ j3 T6 S/ w1 h: X1 r3 OLH: 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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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。 8 a4 G0 B1 Q; p8 \% h
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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. 1 x2 s; e; [' b# t- I5 U
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！ 9 P) w8 n+ x( _& C
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/ S% M h& j9 e) \$ N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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