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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz
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$ F2 t# w2 o9 T来源: 作者: 发布时间:1970-01-02 m9 F3 a3 l4 l2 Z6 R
# Y/ ?. |# x w0 WLarry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. + N" i: D8 [% z
, D- S$ x- G9 wLH:Larry,我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀?' p" c# T- r% W: p( f$ R
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LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. 5 X5 w/ o. h4 r7 @: @6 h
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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......- f8 N( V( h0 P
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LL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting! / l) h3 |$ T, E$ z# V
f+ ^7 l# H7 f7 |. D# E( ]7 iLH: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? : _7 s- b- \! \9 l* W
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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. 9 `, ]0 P5 H3 }- R' B( k; A' Y0 o
2 ?. a4 ]% c& b" ^3 qLH: 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 s, M- i! Z; d4 q f' ]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? 3 W* [$ [- _# l' ?* b- ]. W3 C& W
: J3 r& N5 c- [5 y3 w: YLL: 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. * N7 g4 y* l0 w
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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. k5 {+ Z% t, v! U* F) a5 k
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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.
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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? 8 ~* r! a5 ]& [3 e
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LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
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4 C3 J/ C& |" l3 j. D( f9 {8 K0 ^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. & g* `% d" a; L7 H8 I
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6 ]8 H9 O2 Z3 `6 x; d2 ^LH: Larry,你准备好了吗?我们该出发了!
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' a- b2 Z8 W$ R9 }0 R$ |( CLL: 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. . r: M" Z& s0 i* i4 O M) F
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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?, e) ?( m) N _% u @7 z
, h! O' |$ p i( y# W8 ^LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.
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. Q2 [- h' h( |$ e5 x9 aLH: 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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; j3 D/ D( M P& h7 W' tLL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.
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, X. r' Q; p+ J! c4 f) jLH: 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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5 X" c( a) a/ P6 o8 k5 rLL: I really don't pay any attention to the buzz about celebrities' personal lives. I'm just not interested in it. ! j1 W6 K! N) s# E" n( o# z
* i- F6 O" J6 c& f" P# K( ^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。 : y5 Y; s) V9 N& i" t$ u
5 _! H! u1 p* |6 K5 v C9 nLL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much. 7 Q$ s2 ]/ `& r
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! & W4 f/ h. D$ J$ y" _& X5 C
2 l8 y$ X) A8 |) }+ ?2 z$ a: bLL: That's right! + @. \8 [( Q) A0 c9 _* j
$ m; b6 w2 C. @5 o7 P e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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