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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz * \4 d0 X7 h. v+ ~" a
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' n0 N7 v, h; q# H, X8 \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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. [6 p. O$ [6 s, x3 ]LH:Larry,我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀?; Z! F6 A% n1 Q7 P& |
+ [2 S0 m3 ]0 p9 Y' Z1 BLL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. 5 Q0 b. i' h7 U9 \
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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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. w0 B- N9 D- e3 ALL: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? 3 I: @% b% R7 F& |
( \) h6 c& S+ @! ?1 Z& \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. / }' M6 ~; }4 {; C0 t" T- u# Q
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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? {: B$ h8 S+ B. U
& H6 U t0 u' y6 R3 vLL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations. / g# ?3 K" q6 L! e* {
) \- V9 y& u9 o$ r" n3 b& g' HLH: 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? 7 C2 |( F' }7 p- ~5 T( M% v
* e' m- W8 r; a2 NLL: 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. 0 [" r& i$ X8 P* j4 W- I+ \
0 D0 C$ S( ?$ V l% |. J9 nLH: 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? 8 }/ S8 p/ A9 Y: ?0 Y" a- n
- v6 T& J3 @( r- _: k* ^7 vLL: 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. 4 R0 z# {* S$ Q" n( W& h$ k
5 G( L# Q- n1 a- X7 gLH: 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。6 g- [# F2 Q6 X0 W, D+ c( m
* ]# h- O/ M2 ULL: It's a long shot that my sister will come home to spend the vacation. She said she's going to Europe this summer. ( ?3 w' l& ]; L# h
# ]# y( K: r- E/ o) `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? $ w6 m9 _8 c# o- G/ p: M/ u- c
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LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
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LH: 那么,要不要带件毛衣呀? 5 Q; P) c% U9 N* z- K
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LL:You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. & `$ r- q8 R: a; ^( T9 b, k9 Q
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LH: Larry,你准备好了吗?我们该出发了! - `0 K6 }7 K3 Y" @7 R+ k
" A3 q2 x* {. K# a0 f+ |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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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?0 R* X7 f) c2 S/ R( \. Q3 {
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LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. 9 e/ l" ?8 W3 `0 M
5 S c3 q0 w1 S$ V, L+ kLH: 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? * ^% X8 V6 D# N* i9 `( Y
, l: @" O# ]4 ~1 M# u& wLL: 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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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。 $ z' n) b% Q1 q6 U8 r
$ w* Z' G3 b/ m) q' ELL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much. - Q" S4 ~- b% K
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! , E, [8 F$ {. @: K
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LL: That's right! 9 F8 c* p' X" a. K+ S( O6 \
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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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