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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz
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M" H/ `7 C- _! |7 e: B5 }6 d# z C来源: 作者: 发布时间:1970-01-02 7 _6 _7 L. }4 R9 B; E: t- A1 W
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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. ! g, h; `+ _, `1 c L0 d9 O
5 Q. [" A9 o; P) J7 b0 A3 a$ u# HLH: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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. i2 M- l5 e. ]2 u2 FLH: 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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1 d. f1 r7 Q4 G7 J' \6 \LL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting! 2 E8 U5 v5 T, i& y) a% ^ d
: `* M; b. `: q9 g' jLH: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? , r, \9 b T+ v7 {! x; f
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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.
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. ~* @3 P2 H: wLH: 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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LL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations. ! a, \1 }6 [# h" `
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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? ) ^% ^( q* r6 T( s2 B, v
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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. * c& K9 a( t7 w0 o
: v: }1 V; f& x, W8 C( dLH: 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& o2 Q( z7 ~1 }/ A
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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. % c" f& |1 f- X [: t; b6 h
# C [, c* Z' B7 K3 \4 n. XLH: 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.
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2 A. l( n# z4 h* J. }& P4 R2 K9 TLH: 那么,要不要带件毛衣呀? + ~, T3 I' f G" V" R6 I9 x5 H r9 K
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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! 4 v/ Z9 R! d4 a0 y% k. p0 o8 t+ _/ p
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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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1 x5 ?* G! u+ i' eLH: 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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LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.
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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? 3 d/ }: [. Q" t0 W8 |: B
9 q- d/ I8 ]& J8 q9 s1 ~LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.
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1 C5 s+ _- K I9 \* qLH: 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。 : Z l# {8 o5 V
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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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7 a C( h3 u; {4 Y( Q- r) CLH: 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. 0 ~3 O- X3 Q6 c/ S
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!
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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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