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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz
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来源: 作者: 发布时间:1970-01-02
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5 |( N4 c0 j+ c8 {$ }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 R4 X$ d& r+ X& X
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LH:Larry,我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀?0 z$ i4 x/ H' U0 c
) p) B- C; p+ }LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. 8 C5 U+ [2 X! ^) v+ |, N
: i; f+ T1 s- B2 G! r4 dLH: 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 [# A' A ^1 R5 ?! b* @
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LL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting! ; m/ K5 A/ M. L7 B e1 D9 M' U" Y
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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? 8 f9 g- I: Z2 [0 }( G4 |# `( T% X, ~
* h$ q. @* U3 [2 rLL: 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. - s2 p3 ?1 U0 }' a
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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. " X4 y6 z: d2 o- b4 H, {1 ^' r- }, r
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LH: 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? % u9 u0 r. l* w2 P% {, m0 a
+ i' L% Q( b; [4 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. . O. k G; P$ R$ {7 }/ W, N, c; i
5 ^5 s- z1 N# HLH: 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? 0 b2 z& X9 f: E, w$ ?. u
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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. # g( [; o7 x8 h6 e
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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。" s- d% T* I; \3 e: J, e0 G
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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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6 t1 ]4 O% P) I( o& vLH: 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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' W4 |1 N' a% w. LLL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit. 6 s6 S' ?5 ^' F7 x5 @
m5 n" C, X7 n3 w/ B& `$ TLH: 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. 3 |& j' U# k2 d k V% F. L8 g
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2 B3 h& W4 c' E0 X% U. Y M9 wLH: Larry,你准备好了吗?我们该出发了! ( S- I% _9 m# f& f7 g: o( P
' a4 ]0 b8 r! z4 j& MLL: 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. 3 E* C a1 q2 r6 k: P- |
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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 u0 r3 e( B+ Z+ F
4 B7 R- z5 i: u# p" W% y( o. PLH: 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? & N( X, ]3 x4 {- y
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LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. + E/ o3 T' f; |& K4 U8 t5 j
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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。 . _7 x* b& ]/ l: T
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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。 : W- k1 W: z9 s3 l; B
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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. " J. C/ Z8 a5 D
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! & ^$ s0 u0 O! q9 O8 X
- Q' Y) R6 `/ v. TLL: That's right!
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" e) X- v! @: B- o; S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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