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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
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+ K+ N8 N/ E, Z/ z! r. xLarry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. ]% f3 ^$ U+ M# J% r, o
! D1 i8 u& V; {, k0 _5 w, `LH:Larry,我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀?0 G7 F7 o* H& y/ c. S+ }- C
) D/ @2 O( I1 C( d! n' uLL: 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......
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LL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting! ' X0 W9 T3 s& G) ^. u4 i
2 f6 d0 b- a* D0 ~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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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.
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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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$ i7 `. [* |% N7 T# }LL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations. 0 w" ^/ s8 q6 L& I. @' E. Y
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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?
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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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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.
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6 ~- U/ Y! N" ?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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0 b1 Q1 b: c) c6 ~" T4 HLL: It's a long shot that my sister will come home to spend the vacation. She said she's going to Europe this summer. - U3 r( F; n1 o- j6 q& j
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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? 4 {4 l$ D* |5 @: v6 K& F
& N- K/ |; V# }' T) S3 oLL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit. ! E) ?& H. q' @, L" d+ n J
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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! # {# P3 h- b. T, s: E
0 a- j5 k+ O, N: k: p0 F& h! l( {' DLL: 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. + Y' g# O1 S, ~# }
, h; g- w' f2 v% F; _! f _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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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.
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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.
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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。
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5 _* Y: |" U0 A* s% `0 cLL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much. 2 \" |6 r& x, n! j
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! % t, q8 z' S% B; g9 i4 q/ O" ?
, z/ N4 O; ~1 W" e+ a$ r2 N& [/ SLL: 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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