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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz
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; L% A/ }- |8 d& n' A( I0 u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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0 x# l1 a# F8 GLH:Larry,我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀?1 [; X# r3 g7 j4 e
\0 z/ Q) s" P/ K( MLL: 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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, L+ o, |4 ~& z9 S3 Q' @+ ]LL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting! 6 H0 G( f3 P; Z
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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? + H: N7 r: K) F6 A( w
T& G7 T" a% CLL: 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. B7 E/ R; Z/ a" |7 Y
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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? * B8 J# H- Q6 ?
9 q$ y9 ] B0 l# l- {7 K3 ~/ PLL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations. 3 ]* Y2 X/ J% p4 u, \ j- y
0 f, G6 s8 N( `: X. _$ gLH: 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.
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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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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. 3 q n" {6 {: o; W
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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. ) F& y4 A4 r# u5 B
" t _. }$ M5 r2 rLH: 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? ! y. Y- I& R4 c0 b9 c4 |- B# x
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LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
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LH: 那么,要不要带件毛衣呀? 6 D H* q3 l9 w" W; p1 K: T6 o
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LL:You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. 5 ?0 x" L+ A+ @8 m$ a% p2 T1 Z- ]
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2 B6 ?% Z1 L' P7 K; g- WLH: Larry,你准备好了吗?我们该出发了! + f+ Q# J, d. q, x! q
" C! X+ P* }5 Z5 o7 c3 N4 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. 8 H! j8 t0 P# p2 `" }
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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?4 }, `; f. U; Q. J- M9 ?. y6 ~
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LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. % z# O, Z! U& S4 M3 z4 p
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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? 5 y$ a4 `- S" i" {: J8 X
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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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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。 8 v1 g# Z- Q. ~% v; Q% y F! x9 |
1 l6 a0 e, A/ `( bLL: I really don't pay any attention to the buzz about celebrities' personal lives. I'm just not interested in it. 0 x4 U6 _* ]7 k* C9 r
) o) x( n1 g6 h: T; T' u$ ULH: 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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7 O8 l# @7 C. \LL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much.
" T8 I+ C, x C! SLH: 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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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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