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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz , f6 K& B4 Q3 F# k# |
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来源: 作者: 发布时间:1970-01-02
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7 U) T4 P9 i) t) L% C5 vLarry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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1 C+ M. J6 k T! A" O0 [( R2 }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. ( R2 j" X3 }% [( d
- P/ |: |. v* G( k5 }! q7 oLH: 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......( ` K7 F7 m) w" U! l
0 R- O( e* r9 ~LL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting!
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* a9 }7 ?2 P3 @) \3 F* x! uLH: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? $ N2 v& g6 {3 W4 @
; [' m1 D) W4 t: L1 K; U$ 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. % P$ o, r; p* n' S
7 E7 Q9 m- z* K% q% n2 mLH: 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? , y' C# C3 B3 o. _3 |; x
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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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' c% d# d- `+ N$ DLH: 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. 4 g$ O4 V: B) L# S
, D4 o0 l+ j$ ^0 Y5 s' }( q2 {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? 7 c9 i4 K4 R+ S; x# D: W' L' X
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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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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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: w; \" p3 H. w( c: rLL: It's a long shot that my sister will come home to spend the vacation. She said she's going to Europe this summer. 8 C% `' v6 x$ ^6 z4 i- c. y4 x
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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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; ~' Y# `, s! S: R3 P% p$ X4 y6 ]LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit. ! {; Q8 G5 U Q3 \- v0 D
' b, a6 H D2 JLH: 那么,要不要带件毛衣呀? 0 P1 p% \0 A# E3 ^
& B1 r, w1 @6 E5 @LL:You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. 8 k+ [# L4 ~: F; P* n, j
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LH: Larry,你准备好了吗?我们该出发了! 4 c4 l. |( M0 M) H) x4 W
* C6 A: A$ k6 ^. VLL: 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. 0 u0 I8 d( }( u# h- \" d1 A
" B) w2 a6 y8 J( }& o8 K5 h( J, ULH: 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?% D/ t1 }) z( w/ n$ L
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LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.
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8 K& I. }3 u- ]% U* CLH: 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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/ v5 a% D( @6 G2 l6 ?* @LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. 9 ?/ A7 N1 a( I ]2 B: U- R
; w! K% j/ V8 z" Y: A8 r' J3 @) Z4 G; h [' SLH: 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.
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; |6 }, g" c9 h5 TLH: 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。 # U0 k: u' x: I6 P$ }) n
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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.
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LL: 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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