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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz ; p0 F, c8 {: t {1 q) Q0 f6 I9 K
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来源： 作者： 发布时间：1970-01-02 2 q. n: a9 ~+ o1 p+ }. c8 u8 V; r7 x
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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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& ?) w) ~" w2 t5 D" U# r8 bLH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？
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0 ^* e& L) X. Z h; X, l8 vLL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. {9 y) U3 g3 y* v3 i
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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......' Q) N8 Y+ [& t0 A
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LL：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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3 H: l Z" g7 r5 w! k6 F: OLL: 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. 8 M: ^* T! Z; T, m: _
D! Q9 p7 f ]* CLH: 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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( X4 u+ L' g% {) Z0 u2 p! gLL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations.
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3 @. {( R2 `6 i( OLH: 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？ & ^; M7 S4 h. u" y( y3 s) d
7 O( U8 s# C) }0 i- i HLL: 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. ) o2 o. f+ Z/ D; c. ?/ V( I
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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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* w* O9 p% x) s7 cLL: 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。+ r; X( J+ }% u& A; @5 D
% e4 ^ k' ?3 p& Z5 xLL: It's a long shot that my sister will come home to spend the vacation. She said she's going to Europe this summer. " D/ s3 u, w8 n8 U0 X) d
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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？ % h- s; Q- P" t3 L3 {' K
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LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
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- q) m; r: J& X- X0 O9 o5 }LH: 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. * J. _9 u& `! I
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LH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！ 5 g" s% f5 g3 g
7 o# E; f% a8 F4 x! f/ 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. . O) K+ ^- ]- H; Q6 n0 U) E7 o
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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？& T( s2 g' T* U% J1 b* A
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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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( |9 x6 @- m/ ^2 q, VLL: 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。
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& I4 u3 i+ r1 dLL: 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。 3 _+ \) I n3 T6 j
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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. & t2 K; t; _2 Y. W
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！ 1 m. b# l' |% I1 h! d) L2 |# m
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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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