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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  5 \' Y6 h9 Y$ F! Z% |

$ j  U& I# |/ S1 x3 ^8 {, N6 Z来源: 作者: 发布时间:1970-01-02   
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7 Q6 @- H7 j3 A$ cLarry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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LH:Larry,我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀?
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/ G) z& r; F  N3 Q0 Z0 r  r# J* J) ALL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. 6 V; z: b! S: S: s. X
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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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. l: }0 {+ P( QLL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting!
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* c4 F. S) Q! bLH: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. 5 x' [* N  m) @

8 j4 ?$ E% l) w0 Q  JLH: 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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7 }2 F) e4 C5 dLL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations. 2 i; P6 @2 L7 f+ P- W5 Z
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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?
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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.
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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?
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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. % U8 G! H9 c: R" q( r1 ?7 i

& _! l* K% a+ g, v9 j6 }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. / R: a$ {/ k/ A4 j! s5 ~

6 }- u2 G6 S  l  q6 d+ J4 RLH: 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? 5 N3 S8 Y: O4 m+ p

2 m) A! X# R( J0 s, [+ zLL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit. $ [9 f5 m+ [- p6 x( B+ E
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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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LH: Larry,你准备好了吗?我们该出发了! 2 |6 V) t/ n! Y3 E: g3 w+ F

! c8 m- O, I* e; F. VLL: 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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7 J! w. W, ~) [: bLH: 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?1 z  w1 q& Q4 g2 ]! q

: J( L5 |9 V8 j% yLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.  9 u5 s3 K5 I; R0 n
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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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LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.
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- P' X* ]' }" H1 ^8 y  F' v+ sLH: 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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) D9 P3 T6 z  C4 sLL: 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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" x: e1 x4 b; ULH: 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.
, n7 ?; A. e. `% {2 |. I- m2 bLH: 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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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." Z: d7 a/ v! `
It's really a good course.
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