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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz
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. \; ?; N, U# b来源: 作者: 发布时间:1970-01-02
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0 x! d. n# W ZLarry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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4 h! \( u" ? KLH: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.
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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......7 c! I( ~. h& k' X& X; V
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LL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting! s/ D; k: l& A$ ^$ @
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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? * X ]1 k* G6 q8 L5 |6 c" x( Y# ?
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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 \& q% {1 Z1 g R j
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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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6 @4 o$ L! d. W2 X/ jLL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations.
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# O% g+ ?5 ^4 M5 e$ @! B! `% @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?
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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.
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" }8 x: i4 g8 e; U2 ~7 rLH: 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.
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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. 5 W" a5 Y$ s, l; ^
- q# s" s* W% \/ s# FLH: 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? 1 ?" _" s/ O2 U1 S' a* ]
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8 O4 n9 {5 s- V+ Z* F% C/ }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.
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LH: Larry,你准备好了吗?我们该出发了! ! r/ k0 S# O5 H* F9 J
& \& \: {. ^8 a& fLL: 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. 6 T0 M+ n+ F& f% ~' ]. j) u. O
! o, P- X" L' ^# u8 g+ Q0 `) fLH: 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?% n" E" ?$ ^ J0 j$ B
7 h& f: x V5 g6 x* GLL: 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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0 A5 H8 O2 I; U3 k% J8 bLL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. 7 `* u2 F% c- p" P
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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。 $ y9 _5 a' X8 Z z+ a" ^& q
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3 C; ?9 H9 C0 FLH: 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。
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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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% e2 H; U1 }7 [* j I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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