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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 ) ?; p0 h7 a9 {) _
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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. + I1 D5 { Z) }% I" V
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LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.
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3 Q9 Y3 R- u. S' ^# N/ gLH: 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......5 q+ B9 w# s: L- ~- L3 r* X
& v& \0 |/ S7 ~LL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting!
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9 X4 r( M( y0 wLH: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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7 N& b" o2 M. p2 T5 h" M) LLL: 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. & W3 x0 Q0 _# B
- H |; T; ?+ s+ F8 O) N1 _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. + x) F- Q. L9 R* H- F, K
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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? % B# ]# U7 z8 w; w& m* p2 r( q: [, o. A# d
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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. # c1 u* w# o: L( _
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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? 7 m1 y7 t% ?' {! P; ~. f
: A$ W: P/ n3 b$ e. w1 O' a! XLL: 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。 f* L! r0 d4 H' H9 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. / w* Q2 t, S% F' C4 Z2 y3 u3 ?
) I* b, g& j3 n: }; z; ~/ JLH: 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? # ?* G5 [) j, Z$ z* O2 {
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LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
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8 d% ?& ` K, X5 j: \$ _% N7 lLH: 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.
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- }0 u) O8 W, N; T+ L6 ]LH: Larry,你准备好了吗?我们该出发了!
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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.
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. L1 ~9 u7 G, V- A; ]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?+ m/ w$ E9 { V5 \( t/ T( i. Q
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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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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?
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LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. 0 Q7 {. [! ^. ?, k- X
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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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LL: I really don't pay any attention to the buzz about celebrities' personal lives. I'm just not interested in it. + {9 c: b$ Q( A
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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。 ( h. {6 |! _7 U E( X( ^( 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. ( y3 L9 H/ ~4 T) }( q
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!
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LL: That's right!
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I1 @$ c. c" [1 r: t2 l$ Z 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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