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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz 3 P7 D2 n W* g. p* L% F
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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.
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& G9 ]& x8 t7 M: WLH：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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" Y" ^! W, }4 @7 t9 LLH: 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......2 `% a1 G% L- H# @
A, h6 A4 Y- C8 NLL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting! 0 d4 v: x( Q' ~' \1 C; W
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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？
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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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2 L# K4 ^9 Z8 ~, G# C. }8 P% PLH: 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. ' o+ e) M" K* v8 O
+ j( b, F8 ~7 n' ~8 r' q* ZLH: 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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& G9 p1 m, R+ H# r% `/ X& n0 JLL: 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？ ) A8 ~) M T0 r1 ~5 @5 L
k* H! w* L4 y% N7 l& ALL: 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. . ?. Z. I1 |' ]
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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.
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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？ 9 k# d: ?' X8 R' [' _* |; D
h) ?5 P; u# X; `LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
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+ f' a0 a6 }5 _* RLH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？ ) n1 f; _; U7 P3 x Y/ e
6 l# o7 A: ^1 J& E0 f! ZLL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. ) Z+ ~4 U' o0 K: H
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LH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！ % [" T8 N. _' f
( p- x( b7 b9 |7 ?: x; `) XLL: 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？6 o0 q$ k3 m5 J9 U# X" ]
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LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. - W7 u2 |: I1 B" u. o
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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？ 7 d2 O% A% j8 r- T2 Y7 V# f: {
; F8 T2 Q2 \. L7 D$ y% z2 y5 ?LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.
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2 H% X# s2 @8 T6 o- jLH: 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。 2 z: U, @6 u, w& _ i
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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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6 Y8 _1 S4 ?6 d/ F# x1 L& C) 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。 ; U8 H3 `- R! m: ?
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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.
9 v; q, G+ m% b- x3 QLH: 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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) B O4 o3 t8 b* ?' XLL: That's right! ) Z% |* J( I$ [0 h- |: m
) v) z% q4 w9 _# W0 ~; d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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