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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz . P$ l) a* ^$ W5 V0 ]. x
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来源： 作者： 发布时间：1970-01-02
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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.
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, a$ E' E7 f6 kLH: 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......0 G( ~: k$ }6 X5 S& l b1 M. {) s9 G1 e+ W
2 { [7 Y. [# QLL：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？
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, Y+ w* k7 g( L5 { @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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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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8 u- z# E8 b# `0 H: v4 nLH: 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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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. 7 B; X+ ^8 x$ c) p0 J0 P. S
" I" L# R9 a3 |' c. {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？ % V( g# h( E; k6 f' {
: B. S: V$ n+ l6 y' H, {5 BLL: 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. " I- \& p. ]! A4 c3 ^7 u O0 G
+ [9 v1 q) H8 N2 R. O2 |$ qLH: 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。6 S+ q# R: d' |) L* I; S
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! O. S# a3 n0 g1 i8 h& gLH: 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？ 8 N4 l6 U8 ~) ]
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LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit. : ?5 k$ @( c1 G9 h8 R2 v+ l
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LH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？
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! t4 C% c$ D+ {# a; ~LL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.
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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. - a# D0 n! @" n: i
+ `" i% u; V1 s1 a4 i$ @% fLH: 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？1 T* @: m5 J9 R3 }
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LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. ' D' a) `- \+ y, m: ^
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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. - P8 n( {$ w# u
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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。 ( ?& y% B+ `; o) b5 y7 Q+ ^ G
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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. $ Y" [8 }9 H( J* ~
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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1 W% }. Q: H2 P# nLL: That's right! - R7 h# ~6 @7 `3 g1 T
% _/ d3 ~% ?4 `# f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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