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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz 4 o, V2 g7 @& _) U/ T7 H; W
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来源: 作者: 发布时间:1970-01-02 ' N$ @. W' K9 z; w# H( \
% p% o' Q$ r$ |6 d: F* wLarry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 C. m# |& k8 w+ U) T* c- i
2 L4 t4 A! D6 Y* _6 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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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......* ]( D7 r3 v" z' ?" Q! b
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LL: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 B j r# ?
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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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: p4 N E4 ?" u' C, e# e2 wLH: 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. / i: W6 A$ n! Y( c$ t1 J# ]/ l1 j) B
) Z7 H- K+ x3 b( s) K8 LLH: 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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' |/ v) F* a6 N1 \5 D# g6 c& {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. 7 z. B6 y; h w9 c$ }; o
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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? # b, a2 v8 R8 s- g8 o9 e
- p1 {7 l a1 zLL: 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. " `7 I6 {' I% h1 i& Y; ?' F
9 ?* g( f6 K9 B/ Q* Z vLH: 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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1 H$ {/ G& f# L$ ~( a6 fLL: 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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( P) _9 Q A3 ?1 ~( n5 O) E/ _) BLH: 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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LL: 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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7 X9 ^. E) \' Z' Y0 {/ PLL:You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. 7 G$ ~& n$ T& w# ~/ x0 ]
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LH: 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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6 [' m- f. Q0 f! TLH: 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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+ W0 }, k0 v% i$ N6 R' LLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.
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3 m1 ?* {7 k2 R5 h7 Y6 N+ f1 a& aLH: 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? - Q9 v/ B' @0 X/ O
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LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.
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' r4 v# t4 G, V3 Y+ r4 L8 u( T7 KLH: 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。 1 h; d1 S4 Q5 A( P# v; `- t
3 q+ l1 z$ I( a6 ILL: 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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: f, {8 R/ Y. ~; \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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) k6 v7 t& v* e. R M( @LL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much. * C! I' h* Y- S l5 N
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!
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LL: That's right!
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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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