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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz 9 l) Y Z5 N6 z: r; B- g$ l1 r; z
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8 u- W# }) Y4 g5 Y" {8 \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. : J+ s( x! I* m4 f6 ?8 X+ q4 @
3 u: R v* z( I: w/ [& 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. 7 s% n+ [* C1 t6 {/ K
# D" J+ H1 n4 Q- I( H/ tLH: 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! " m9 }' _! v. H! @% ? t
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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?
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7 s0 Z# Z6 f; Z8 m6 [( eLL: 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? ! j" g |( b% ?! V! g( ^* U' V
; ] f* k( t2 Z* z" uLL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations.
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; y$ R( A" `, QLH: 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? 6 L: ^9 C7 n( |% l1 {! S0 J0 Z/ R
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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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4 j# u4 o8 U# u7 X% F% v* f, Z) zLL: 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. 1 k9 U$ m" @, O' B
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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。0 O0 ?+ Y& r E( y
$ m3 C6 k, [- G1 C+ y% K1 HLL: It's a long shot that my sister will come home to spend the vacation. She said she's going to Europe this summer. ' P9 K( c; _+ F. W; ^4 y/ J4 n2 j
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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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; t! B4 u8 H$ Q; Y8 w# Y9 B$ HLL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
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3 a% b6 ]4 _8 R3 V- Q. W) MLH: 那么,要不要带件毛衣呀?
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# ^; c6 [; X1 c, z7 y5 l0 bLL: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! ; k/ H0 p( J/ C2 c
7 o* R( G7 q( @2 DLL: 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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5 w9 _. U8 F0 K: Z/ NLH: 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 l5 h9 t: r+ gLL: 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? + A& ^/ a2 O! ^. k) Q# O0 R- j8 B
' ]/ {# m+ Q# L; i1 GLL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.
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( j/ ^3 Z" Z# I$ C9 BLH: 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 `/ P! J4 V- s, Q3 l3 h: R; a8 p
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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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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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LL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much. 8 R) j- u2 |! D2 _: ~
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! % F# R3 u; C+ Z( P( c$ i- ~
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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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