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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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" y5 k4 w- [/ e0 y2 ^& J* W" u. n7 cLarry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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LH:Larry,我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀?% d. x1 `! b4 C7 w- o
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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......
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: B$ Y; V, O- f- c ~2 @6 bLL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting!
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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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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? " W2 c2 N9 O1 z4 N9 I0 B: L
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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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+ y* K2 i$ R$ @; n6 f2 U: }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. 9 S' \$ U% x' V- Z
3 M ?8 O" R& u% H( ]) ULH: 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? ! Z3 g; p. }* [8 h* O
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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. 5 a$ }6 f& D# A9 x: m* E
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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. ' K. i. U7 U2 j! u2 F1 I! a8 B
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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? 8 {6 O2 }" y4 F( l$ I1 e# S, ^
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7 l$ x$ a8 A. Y4 q: HLL:You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. + r3 W8 w% J1 V, o( s& ~ r- l
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8 k" b1 Y/ W$ N9 _3 v" `9 FLH: 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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8 L6 k2 w3 k! W) MLH: 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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3 z1 E! p. q# x/ j1 Z; vLH: 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? / C5 A9 K- U' g
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LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. ) J4 s3 a# s! C( k" ^0 g" i1 W
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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。 ! C6 ?7 [. g# H- k9 b
! m9 m/ H* ]8 g* O6 C$ Y. ALL: 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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" E! }: F2 {" r3 wLH: 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。 ; t# R R+ G6 B1 f! a& J
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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! 3 O. a, j9 S& l3 O& W
' K8 `* T+ [" T l6 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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