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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 . C4 J) A" B+ q' N3 G1 F( x' [0 d
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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. 9 {, S I9 J! D& F) Q: 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？
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1 s* t: }! V8 H0 KLL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. * ~8 v, L8 l- r- k* F0 ?, a6 \
5 Z+ M& I8 D' a( p6 s6 e7 |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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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？
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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. ~7 A5 n7 L4 i
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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？ , T7 c: U3 @; K
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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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% o3 o8 G9 D' e( nLH: 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？ & E5 X" p/ w% W4 ^+ }8 |8 _
& I) F$ ?9 ^5 {. H% h+ KLL: 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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& d4 j+ r o, [4 iLH: 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？ 2 ]# L9 _" n# m3 h$ B5 f) ^
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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。( m# L+ H$ ^8 i" q! ?
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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. F0 _0 x0 z1 c5 u- ]0 z: ^
" W$ q7 G$ q4 Z/ C. ^) m2 O! [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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LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit. ) Q# ?1 \; z. D8 g
* v9 y# Y0 X6 U; t% E4 o. @: [. qLH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？ # s& g" U* H( b. e! V* z
% |0 }8 F3 N5 b* a% oLL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.
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" G6 @/ y# D; Y z5 L* s+ E9 k3 wLH: 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.
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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？/ S- z J% w; z8 |, H' e+ y! \: C
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LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. - W( L" Q: O; W$ W
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5 }, [2 z8 B2 d) a0 P. F% 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. ! t6 x, q( e/ U! c/ N
5 A' A: h( Y( [3 \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。 + C4 H! Z; l T- ^
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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. , N$ w7 [7 m5 m! w
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！ 5 V# v" J7 M' g
2 B/ |. g; b9 i7 J1 ZLL: That's right!
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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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