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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz . w. p- o# g& ~! e
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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. 7 @( K, v* n7 i+ n7 c
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LH: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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7 O5 M7 A9 k* k9 jLH: 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......" f1 j- x7 ]/ C- P; @, i* U' }! C
$ ]/ [/ n/ U$ s, C8 I- LLL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting!
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% j2 x( `, M K0 s1 K; L' qLH: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? / T, o7 }: Q; L. z- }$ Q
* C, U; t, a3 f4 ?1 OLL: 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. ! j! c8 l# [5 W* L ?* N4 a! e% P
) d H- L/ Y, `2 e# l E5 ELH: 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? 3 J; e# i& d- n0 o, G* [' v" o
$ A2 j f2 C i2 G& p3 C0 ~* N+ FLL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations.
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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. & o, K1 w ~2 C+ {6 U
5 n3 b' r4 k6 a6 \6 l$ ]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? 5 _7 w2 ^$ \9 |1 M% t
y& C* t+ p9 R% s7 `! O q O( G1 hLL: 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.
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% C. d6 `" Z! ~9 x: sLH: 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。2 t: V) M* e. t# [) ?+ Z; v
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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. . _! m* J* F% l( b% h
/ v) g+ a) w8 [% O- M& [7 N4 Q1 Y eLH: 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? ( v2 _3 ?: I. h
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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? 3 k i# E% ?. ~3 K4 }* N) x1 D% @+ T0 B
) s3 a, e& N0 [. s' PLL:You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.
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LH: Larry,你准备好了吗?我们该出发了!
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2 r# r$ `5 g* e( N: d4 g j: T/ RLL: 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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) _' i# \8 t9 r7 T" kLH: 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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+ X4 e; W5 W0 y0 a% hLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.
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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?
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; g( k! U* F, Q& \" `LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. . p9 a) D4 s: O+ q
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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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4 T* m e5 G. YLL: I really don't pay any attention to the buzz about celebrities' personal lives. I'm just not interested in it. ' b7 O' V% F9 }/ Q, W& I4 n
4 d7 y, B1 e# q! T1 q8 hLH: 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。 G* l, _1 B% M6 ?0 j
. {; ?$ ~7 ?# c" fLL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much.
* r( E6 O6 u* |( jLH: 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! ( O; |* F3 T( I0 P, h# w
1 Y5 P+ u# J p4 CLL: That's right! ; k! S* O) H# B5 ^' t2 s! ]
7 l5 `# N( K+ ^1 ^0 L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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