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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz " v4 Q' c1 y' m
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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. 8 z9 a2 ~* P7 N4 w4 j
. y% V5 o% Q# A4 ] i: P0 ^% |LH: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.
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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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) L2 a. L% X7 e) ^2 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? 2 H# H' N7 c! a
/ n( b! R! ?3 E0 o+ I' vLL: 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. 4 }$ q& N( s$ G
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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? ( Y9 B& N6 G/ J+ M& h
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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. % e0 I4 @: L' i, N
# E: \4 d v; ]' k5 h0 zLH: 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? ( }& f0 e8 e3 h; h
% a( ~& U$ }+ Z; H- d1 |! S% y5 ILL: 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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$ t; c( `- S# q8 ^7 {% X" t% o dLH: 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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; V+ @* j0 l7 Q5 H' G; `- l% jLL: 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. d8 S. H: b# i0 O
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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。1 j2 I$ I$ `# |7 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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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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0 h, O* ?" I, f5 N0 VLL: 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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LL:You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.
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! |5 _) v! u" `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. O6 ?/ I9 E- r# T4 ]: ~5 |& Z' j- \
1 N& m( d8 r4 f; S7 p; SLH: 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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9 X7 @' P7 E" N8 cLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. + ?8 P$ M+ ` N8 v6 t. C; t! J
f5 e0 {) M* a. e' VLH: 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? 1 t& P& c, a- y& U( i
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LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. : V" f! H3 }9 Z
/ P6 |/ d" @* M& DLH: 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.
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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。 3 R( }4 E( Z- w" R) s+ E- [
1 V" A+ f: {3 ~7 j2 YLL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much.
' y9 v8 L; }2 _+ Y' y4 I7 GLH: 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! 7 o' W! T6 V, s( H+ }6 m: G
1 ~$ Y3 J& U8 [ V! aLL: That's right! 3 c% d5 d, y/ ?3 `/ K
/ R2 Y9 L3 S, d* O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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