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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz
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& y$ k$ o1 [4 \- K9 h! {# bLarry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. ' e; K- _: G' z5 O
' {% i- `2 f! ~. u$ M7 g# |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. - d7 k2 _* l8 w0 J: b2 B0 R
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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......$ W8 j+ A# Z3 A5 H# \
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LL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting! ; _4 b8 R, G" s9 x! q
( g1 O v* E& C4 w' E/ [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. 4 h; Y1 |+ b! k* q; q1 n
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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？ 7 A% y6 }! A7 [6 h- z! d
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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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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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7 ~2 a% y, i* u2 wLL: 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. : z4 G3 Z0 g) Q
7 F. l( G% }5 j/ ^' 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？ 3 r& I; Y, w/ y8 Y, }( C6 c
( L8 S9 C8 [# x1 Y# I5 v 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. ' M. i& m6 o6 x
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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。' |3 |: \0 ?7 A1 h$ _6 E6 _1 _! C! z
0 T% G4 T3 l; u0 _& F7 h% MLL: It's a long shot that my sister will come home to spend the vacation. She said she's going to Europe this summer. ) I O- K4 i* W
8 W# g. R9 R- n1 LLH: 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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; F6 y) M% l! l& o1 CLL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
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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. 3 ]# g) y5 r' Z9 r
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, X7 m$ i3 {4 B1 ^' JLH: 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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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？
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LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. - }" `# [" F# u! U: o+ H
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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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: B/ ~. d9 k% R6 h w: lLL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. # y8 i. M+ `$ o
2 E' D( K2 Z( @, x- u8 \8 E! |1 QLH: 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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: Y& J5 A/ b, n) q2 x0 J" SLL: 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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' e4 B" R4 f c0 |: n$ }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。
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_# m' H4 l% M9 |1 RLL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much.
# X- M3 v$ Y" a! @0 W& x- v, e% tLH: 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！ $ ]) ~2 `# t8 K2 u
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LL: That's right!
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: s5 t5 @- O4 V/ `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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