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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz ) Z% ]- r% E: a
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来源: 作者: 发布时间:1970-01-02 5 [: `( O7 i7 _1 O# ^4 }% ~5 o
: Z8 }) @8 M6 [! m6 j `1 mLarry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. 7 P+ X+ D* d1 S2 Q
. m) g) W; J3 b4 t6 i Q/ DLH:Larry,我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀?
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k$ N- E, t$ T! P- xLL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.
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/ E# P. M4 q R' Z8 WLH: 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......% g2 q! c1 S0 E
a: P# H" p! N) ?LL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting! 2 [! H: t; g# y4 W& [
# @4 h/ ]7 n4 s9 CLH: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. 1 h* z+ ]' f3 t c2 z% M, j
4 ]) x% B* O- y4 K( |/ WLH: 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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& k$ ~% G Y4 g$ n0 x5 K6 cLL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations.
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! F7 _$ `6 F) y7 |, F. \/ TLH: 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? ; E: s6 I7 ?5 U9 D. Z' ?! p
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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. ; ^ S/ c% y% e
4 K( b0 t1 u+ F }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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! ]4 R6 t( r7 b5 b$ H; PLL: 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. 5 ^1 a' O$ o3 Z+ F
& K3 f& M1 S/ v2 t" ~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。' e, j, I- A! s" K
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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. & {* g3 q D% C9 V" x
( M' n8 J( s" _3 J' W/ B& ~+ \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?
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8 a& l. e5 K$ W2 r/ D1 q2 i4 CLL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit. " w" t$ o! J6 t3 ^$ H1 i3 v
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LH: 那么,要不要带件毛衣呀? ' ` K' e" i! k; H: V
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LL:You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. ' s# B0 V" R+ ?3 Q% d6 w* `
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. D# n( |' W9 [, e; g2 ALH: 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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: E& Y) H, y A1 }3 d) d& T$ xLH: 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?2 V+ z& h& v/ ^/ X+ Q
. G5 y: D* s- Y, M3 hLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.
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3 [: m# ?) P- }* GLH: 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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4 H0 |8 H) |& x8 }LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.
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y1 f5 T* i6 iLH: 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。 ! b8 \& A9 F4 Q- v: O( ?/ s$ `
8 Z7 S8 N/ |" d/ V' y. NLL: 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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4 V6 R1 }1 E, Y% l8 M5 I9 ~ iLL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much. 4 u% G! {8 C- i8 O4 ?+ Q! Q* y
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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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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