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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz
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0 q6 d. d& C! B. c9 m9 y3 bLarry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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7 _( o; X2 R$ N9 J* v+ ELH: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......; j% p3 ^$ ]0 Y9 l4 ]
& i' e* D& d; g g1 S+ y* a/ hLL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting! # p: J1 \, f. W& W9 Z) s
' d+ r- F7 i2 K5 o7 H# h3 GLH: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. + h- E5 C# C+ ?! \
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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? 6 F* o) S7 m8 n3 q7 f' X, }; J0 ^
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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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. r, z C5 p- ^, }: T% D: qLH: 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? m; Q' {( T6 {% N! l2 {% ?
/ _' p& ^0 T+ F$ O; fLL: 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. + a/ z$ D1 V6 P6 D9 K
9 Q# I2 O1 D) f6 M, Z l2 uLH: 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 D3 W8 ^9 x' [( r# o$ Y
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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. # y% R* j3 y! w2 H5 M0 r& R
2 c: K" A" D0 E" n+ d- W/ {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。3 Z/ A$ Q. G5 R& D0 n y0 ]# _
# O! y! d! `$ a: v% OLL: 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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7 D% E- M+ X6 w r! W, W9 ]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? 6 J" L( l4 [' Q4 P1 f. J
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LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit. . c- x, x% Z1 S) c8 G% g
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LH: 那么,要不要带件毛衣呀?
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: s0 I: L i4 U* lLL:You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. . c+ F; t) S3 f) z. Z7 M* e
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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? |, X7 ]/ T* r7 H- v
7 Q7 f9 A5 `4 \* Z' XLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. # B. y/ k) a" R) Q& l$ {6 i
' Y/ {' f- O! e2 r D1 O/ S$ JLH: 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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LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.
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LH: 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。 4 a1 e4 {7 E) I5 Q
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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. 9 \4 g: R" ^" \2 y2 t/ N
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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. - s; _5 ?/ d) v+ v* e+ p
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! 2 ]6 k. n( K, q
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LL: That's right!
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9 G% t% f0 r6 c1 A6 m0 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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