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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz
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) o9 r, o+ B4 h5 eLarry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. 3 p( w* @5 `, S& W/ y9 J
% ?: P6 O3 {* g/ aLH：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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5 X8 `: i- b; z& d. qLH: 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. " U3 F6 v8 A3 m
3 U. l% Z% c7 D4 V5 NLH: 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？ / X" _8 Z" m* U0 ]
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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. ( x% U% A1 `5 n5 t* Z
0 @$ T' d* X( y5 fLH: 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？ $ {4 [" B3 [2 }" ~% C* y. p
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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？ 5 A) Q Q0 o; S" B z. B. 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. 4 J: s. t2 P( O( W( t4 D
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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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6 h4 |$ w! C% |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. 3 v% G+ I* C y
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LH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？ - `! K8 R3 j8 h i- F7 q+ t
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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！
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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. ( Z% S+ C& B9 \( G
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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？; B$ V. Y+ m; K5 Y2 u& T9 z
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LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.
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8 v6 M/ T4 S8 lLH: 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？ ; F$ {3 \* n* N% ?, I! a# ~: _
- Y+ b5 B0 I0 y+ A9 e2 M! L/ h: O/ f: cLL: 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。 " H0 Y3 a! v2 }, v4 t Y
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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. ! l4 Z4 S4 j2 x7 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。 : I1 H0 ^! t' G. c9 W) u3 I* C. ^
" \# z, x0 P/ [8 h! A7 h. ILL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much.
) O8 V+ D6 E7 J/ E) MLH: 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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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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