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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz + Y; @7 l* D- V! w/ [! V ^. g
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1 B8 W6 w3 i" @% Z% g0 T+ dLarry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. ) L( y4 _0 a, a& i- r! l$ L
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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.
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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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: S) J7 y0 B* P4 ILL: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? " h2 u9 @ ?# @+ B% f% s( }
2 t# z9 @$ U/ A |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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) W8 x. @: P# f7 }/ ^ Z2 qLH: 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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5 L' @2 v' H5 R9 {LL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations.
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x$ D+ n' b( d% [7 B) p% 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? ; T8 K. f7 a# L. Q% E) E
8 r( Q) ]; V1 n! Y. x0 Z! o8 I3 ULL: 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. ! h) \ y$ x% F$ M9 Q
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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? 2 [5 K, C: ^( 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.
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1 r' ]; x6 L0 b/ R) NLH: 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。( B0 R2 W2 X- n1 ]2 ?# [
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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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1 d/ N8 n q% e2 h5 g5 YLH: 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? 2 h" B. X$ ]! F/ M+ I* l, n, }
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LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
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" a- c5 v# `* `$ u' I- eLH: 那么,要不要带件毛衣呀?
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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.
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( n7 f- K. i+ PLH: 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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; M6 X$ R" D# j& G' T( t; e9 I. ^LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.
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% \% @9 r: _9 ~3 T5 V3 e( fLH: 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? & a2 } h1 {3 @2 W" m* |
. l+ p* l k9 NLL: 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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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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: R7 n( ]1 U5 ]! ?" bLH: 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。 ( ~- I# m$ e7 ]
X% n# K( a+ u9 ~3 |LL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much.
* W+ L8 d. h. e9 }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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% `2 H) T1 U' d* q6 Y9 _, 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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