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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz

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发表于 2009-5-12 18:46 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz  . ^3 p6 p% q; V/ i( F3 ~
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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. ' }  I" N& ^% B7 W
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LH:Larry,我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀?( s4 n% e0 |5 [
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LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.
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, j4 B/ |8 ?$ ?( kLH: 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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2 v/ l4 q' }4 H" ~8 rLH: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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5 H# D. r$ [# Z2 E& `% D: @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. : {3 O1 ~9 `1 X8 n0 w

( w' G" i% G  R# aLH: 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. / J  b8 Y% i0 ^( a* R# ~

1 c9 s: Z  d$ Q0 P% [) YLH: 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?
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6 ~  `7 w) k+ g" R1 F1 f4 }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. ' p; \+ V5 [; x, p3 {) ?9 ], v7 H

+ u/ h2 b6 I6 r# T* R+ }( N1 [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? : g, e# B% Q7 c7 T

2 m. L+ k. @- S2 r# {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. # ], P) f' e5 ^" U  G/ l. ?% N( C
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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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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. 9 A( E8 W6 T& k* E2 ]& h# o
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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? 1 l# x7 ~- V* H7 I$ i7 F5 ~2 S
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LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit. % ?1 F; t( o' U8 Q

0 A# e+ L/ d" N* cLH: 那么,要不要带件毛衣呀?  - j7 l. a1 `2 L% A/ e" `) L

. p9 f9 S: k2 ^6 p0 q4 BLL:You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. % D! c! U5 N6 n( q$ r; V- f

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- o0 m4 K. @( j6 _LH: Larry,你准备好了吗?我们该出发了!
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/ z. r  ~- V; d# ^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. / o: L8 p2 i3 d. B, t2 k6 f  c4 g

) s, b7 H5 e2 N2 xLH: 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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: w: z" n& v1 T: ^: q- QLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.  
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; C# v$ A8 \$ G: @6 vLL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.
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3 Y! y" _. s0 X" pLH: 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。 $ q# J% y1 L+ O" S# e" F
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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.
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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。
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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.
( \- g  Z8 |7 {1 y* E5 aLH: 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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) Y4 y" L) u& C9 }0 ]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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发表于 2009-5-12 22:48 | 显示全部楼层
语言很地道。不错!
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发表于 2009-7-18 07:25 | 显示全部楼层
Thanks for posting 流行美语教程.( q4 I; E  T- s
It's really a good course.
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