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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 8 S @ } | A/ l2 o7 s
/ Z O1 K; D 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.
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$ c- A$ V8 a t b& WLH: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. 2 L n' p$ T# q3 b8 k! M
1 M1 S# n( `6 @' Y) U, |9 { p$ {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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% W X: `! q" ~' F( W) b! U1 FLH: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? . M* h; `9 [& d4 m3 @( v! w2 N3 ^3 H
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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. 9 }3 V8 Q& \/ k" J3 r
% A- f5 M; k8 F( c2 `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?
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' h4 ` l2 ^$ m: V% @% t5 }( cLL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations.
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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. ( j0 P( G# R! @" y$ [" _
# m: @3 _% Z# _) y5 \9 M d" H/ U# Z( FLH: 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.
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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。4 H9 J8 [ A" s( {
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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.
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* [3 G( g. ^3 x4 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. $ B W" V6 ?( N A* `8 z- g+ B
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LH: 那么,要不要带件毛衣呀? 6 R+ S. ]1 J* l
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LL:You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.
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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?
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4 E! g. X9 [& y* uLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.
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1 B0 G; }( F$ MLH: 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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# @0 ]- p, C8 m- ULL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. ! \" ~; v3 E8 r6 w( t2 g
1 d; V3 [8 ^- p9 e0 w9 {! LLH: 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。 # Y. y9 B: b. f: O# ?9 E% M
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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. ; f) Z/ V6 {2 S1 U0 z
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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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{0 Q6 c% _6 o' x3 ^/ S" V) PLL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much.
5 x5 B Q; j( H, O: fLH: 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! * E. K' x) a; ]2 [6 [( n
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LL: That's right!
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& p/ F$ s* |5 X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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