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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz
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, D( K: Q7 F$ g' ]2 L$ g' A5 K! s来源: 作者: 发布时间:1970-01-02 % S) t. T0 K0 N& B
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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.
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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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LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. / }* k+ u# C0 w7 Y$ ]5 B6 x* B
0 g. k- d1 d, w2 yLH: 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......; `8 `: H" n7 K( n! x& o
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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? : l, x7 j0 V& c( N
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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? ! f' E" U* g* A! E/ G
o- O( F$ O% [/ N: G2 k! MLL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations. ! J8 n; Y& K1 W
* X8 h; i7 O% oLH: 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? 7 h) A+ v. |/ ^! `! |
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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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* a9 P5 r n$ t2 K/ kLL: 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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8 t; ]7 K) c. A1 e6 RLH: 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 E% |* E N' e2 O1 }: m8 KLL: 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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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? X* O( ]9 K( E' [
- L6 t) q# |1 F, j7 P( NLL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit. ) f& `" Y+ K p$ w4 _+ q* t) P
1 g7 m% v2 r+ r' l4 C* D$ @2 M* FLH: 那么,要不要带件毛衣呀? 2 D! D. Q0 \) t8 B* N Q# r
* L0 V8 x8 c& q0 Y& DLL:You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.
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3 m2 ~8 b( `. t4 }) [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.
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* J( S$ O4 y3 p4 J( WLH: 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?8 ?3 l- @8 E1 w
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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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! g* U9 I# A% ~3 p; b, Q& L/ r6 BLH: 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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/ C% E2 s+ F1 v) ? s$ z) m: mLL: 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。
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/ ~; g4 i4 m1 J( u# g: w4 Z7 ZLL: 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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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。 z4 t- o1 O+ y4 q2 _4 F) ~. I
/ S$ G$ J5 R3 k6 |LL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much. 9 N4 B m( d, ~+ q: b) N
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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LL: That's right! 2 K9 T0 m, S# [, K
4 F# i( i: D' q+ k! l( _" j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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