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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz , ] U. P; [# L- k
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6 x, l. r( D& W( ^/ ULarry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. - p! c2 Z T$ b/ \8 u8 I# H2 ]
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LH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？5 p: Q0 v9 Z: s$ ]$ ~% X+ b' [
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LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. * K; K8 w& j8 d6 v2 b! c- _" r
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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......6 a% T9 F. L) o0 @
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LL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting! 6 b1 F3 c- X; 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？ - P- o' r1 R0 g& O- z
9 W! n: O3 O' e' G+ I2 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.
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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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) f2 k% B3 O4 ILL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations.
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: J# @* c6 V6 B6 A5 P9 w% ULH: 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？ 4 b& f R0 S* D- z
' e0 Q* d0 M8 l/ |1 N9 C% XLL: 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？ - {! w5 B5 C R+ B$ ]2 A# i4 N. M
$ L3 R& B9 }2 J6 eLL: 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 z7 Z3 Z3 n+ L% D, t# G4 [( E9 l
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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。! u, X& g7 _; O: f, c6 r- G
8 E- S* ]5 \) e- U0 {- U3 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. # H. f1 c L, ?3 R; S) \4 y# q9 Q2 \
7 ~ b: [- K- M* w6 ]$ G2 OLH: 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？ ! J+ m, Z g* N7 L/ {4 a
9 W; w }) H/ W7 p+ X* V0 ]LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
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LH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？
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' z5 N* Z$ B# U3 R# ULL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. & c0 U0 X1 i: N3 }3 p" X
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& t# g3 F# Q7 q6 ?( g, w( M MLH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！ ( v7 m# X7 W/ X* z* s: z
8 ]/ Z8 {% E. |+ a0 I+ i. `LL: 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. ( X+ I9 n6 Q, I2 b8 U
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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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9 \1 T0 ?& d/ H/ k& @) b/ t2 YLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.
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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？ ) P0 z& b+ [( H2 I. l2 k0 J" ]6 ?
0 Q1 K* c$ _$ o+ tLL: 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。 6 M2 S( ~( ?. I& \
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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。 : K/ N, _8 e+ z+ k2 o
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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.
% U$ w( P. ]8 e [6 XLH: 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！ # c' ?, `. j: u8 Q- ?6 f
. Y$ `( ]' p- K% u9 Q2 KLL: 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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