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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz 7 T3 d* j- [) ~& u A
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来源: 作者: 发布时间:1970-01-02
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) E+ o, S8 J3 h) mLarry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?4 p; |% Y- u; q* t( [" Z7 K3 `2 Q
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LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. + C, l, ^8 Y8 b9 h' {
# G: Z( O) Q- V, [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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) ^8 L8 a, x, y w% a, q" BLL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting! # _8 i, }4 q4 O; W& v. H" L0 K' _
* y: g4 c6 V; _" kLH: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? 1 M* K% ?& g T
$ o4 U$ ~ W. r* p# D& |' [% ALL: 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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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? & {- d$ X# W ^" l% G! n! |( i: y
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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. * b7 q7 x% n% k" }$ a5 f
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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? ) O6 h$ ?+ j& f3 s# a2 s. r5 s: U# k
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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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5 J, m3 T) w) y$ 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? ' _! ]7 r3 }# a3 R: J
! N4 @6 h3 }" u, q$ r8 m! x W' eLL: 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。
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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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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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$ X, y7 a; F; y$ @% C& _LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
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LH: 那么,要不要带件毛衣呀? % L5 y2 M1 P$ ~: b3 P
# s/ K* l& F) S; Y5 K6 tLL:You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.
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5 Y/ @( g3 \: ~- eLH: Larry,你准备好了吗?我们该出发了! 6 s o+ }! g) V3 \
, D" t2 Y9 D2 R' D* g( yLL: 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. & B' B% W) x2 K7 V& L/ N6 S
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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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% p$ W7 s& m( O6 H( f W6 f9 Y, {* KLL: 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?
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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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+ y+ Z c8 R& T% CLH: 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。 5 Q, H2 y5 ?- M' ^2 c0 D
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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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/ N% f. B6 ?) VLH: 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。 ) E& m! U3 v: z1 p/ x* Y
, ^) h0 I. U& LLL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much.
- k* `: B% k; l& T1 V; ?* GLH: 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! 1 ?- G' I( H9 i, O2 {
h% l, f. k; M, G# ~LL: That's right! 7 @, Z5 s9 `7 B; ]( W5 Z. k
/ f5 G9 Z3 i& f+ u/ ]0 @; y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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