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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz
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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. 2 x# i8 P3 A4 ` i
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LH:Larry,我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀?0 j& C0 @0 |; k, c( i2 x7 y
( s* ]2 Q F) S, u5 x: [. NLL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. 3 K- V3 Z, w7 m- Z! V
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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......( g. s4 r$ U4 k8 K* Q2 |
/ n2 t2 ? g& p; uLL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting! 1 E Z% J) j' X8 Q" p% d3 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? 3 H K+ u$ e7 R( x9 f) s9 w" _
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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. 8 k) {" Q" z! p7 w/ O
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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? % e" a y% Q0 ?
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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.
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: n3 \+ `5 M5 z: e8 L5 YLH: 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? ' N5 N) |" v; [/ |& O- I$ z
7 N2 `, m$ c+ l1 D& D; |* bLL: 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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$ _: g' F* Z$ ~( |/ v, K# ILL: 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. ; I' |" t0 q8 } u
: ~/ d0 X& O. W0 v+ fLH: 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。' H7 v, \% {2 _: q
d% I' ?* S( [& }& R" G. wLL: It's a long shot that my sister will come home to spend the vacation. She said she's going to Europe this summer.
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4 {: I6 q2 L5 B" k/ I( MLH: 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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LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit. # N2 ^- R& t2 p3 X" b
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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. 7 w9 s" u0 I+ Y5 }
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LH: Larry,你准备好了吗?我们该出发了! ( o0 T. L' i! r, R6 a: p* X
9 U& t6 V, r! S8 t8 BLL: 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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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?' `# `+ \9 \: @1 [
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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? 1 z) }/ f% `. W2 b3 X
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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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$ N$ L3 ^8 g/ h; l: k" H+ eLH: 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. 5 a! M( Q" e* y r
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- {7 G* @9 G, q- v- ?LL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much.
3 }4 N* m2 \- I4 [) Q4 OLH: 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! 3 s* W" d7 J( |! k) u
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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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