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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz ! L. l4 p3 f( s/ m% s; l& j; ]
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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. 7 ~, c9 t" `$ I% y3 F' b
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LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. $ a6 K* y/ `" g% w# W( A" F2 M$ b
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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......1 O5 x+ E6 _/ d; U; i- A+ e
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LL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting! ( N$ b6 ^& a+ @
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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？ % ~' Y! c* R$ X3 o3 A
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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. # j3 n5 Z' m8 V- J' t+ j; O
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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？
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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.
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( G- |8 ~3 w$ c) x0 v+ D4 U0 }$ eLH: 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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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？ $ ~, |$ v1 O/ p# y* G. i d0 v
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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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) a1 ]1 C4 K0 V3 h( iLH: 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. # P- ^$ b' Q6 K. Q$ {/ B- y
7 {) w) h* \' HLH: 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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: M5 o; U( `8 p9 S! vLL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
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( L9 c1 y" l" e MLH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？ 2 \1 R+ w* P: [1 ]/ { p( K, i
' t. `! c7 w: rLL：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！ " ^) y6 c. I8 l
9 p9 B- y" q" \0 {7 gLL: 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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LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. 7 i# c1 D7 x# _. Q
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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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$ o. d5 e0 }+ X5 }- O1 V% V6 RLL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. 9 ~& l2 V# M; V, A
$ e! u/ L# y! c; p) FLH: 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. ! \* w. I' h6 y! H* x
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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。 ; }% a$ F# ?, I' K$ V4 L5 E3 Z/ X
6 N5 d8 ]2 l) g {' KLL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much.
) K# i5 C3 E, V2 _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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8 o$ t1 ?- w, o2 I4 VLL: That's right!
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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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