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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz 7 j" `) k8 ` R4 b+ p7 C
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4 C* d+ Y3 \0 Z' Q$ HLarry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. 0 J' P7 V$ i; w9 C3 K& ]8 e
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LH:Larry,我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀?% l1 Y9 z# F9 ^+ n) Y
; x- _$ @# M' K0 ^4 {: YLL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.
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; U+ y) r8 n: f' `4 zLH: 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......2 v; A& L( g5 e- {; |- t& {* X
G1 a; W; {, B4 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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1 W2 J4 f e6 rLL: 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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8 _1 h/ S% N8 }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? + }& V4 \; y$ `7 c( i* e6 j0 L. p: n
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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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# d7 t a7 Q6 E5 \3 xLL: 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.
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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? $ M( I: I' H, }; K
. R+ d3 y0 w# p" jLL: 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. " l( U& _, o1 B. H9 b* Z `
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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。! y# s' G8 u; E
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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. 4 n* J, s/ L, N% M1 Y) Y2 c H
2 S( ~5 n! P4 |, }3 n' 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? - Z, P; e- X3 Z1 D Z$ {' {# Y( F P
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LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
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- c. h( k8 @( B$ uLH: 那么,要不要带件毛衣呀?
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. s: ?% U/ S \& X5 wLL: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! 7 T4 G; e8 U' g" u$ s1 A
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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. $ o. a. Y( D8 S/ {" ^
( C# U/ ]- Q1 }9 \% o, k" D# qLH: 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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/ u5 ~# i4 E/ R' rLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. & `9 u/ J% _0 o0 L& l6 L0 a; n
' b! I3 y% L0 o7 G, {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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LL: 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。 ) Z" M& R/ l+ \) c4 g+ S6 o) `4 v
3 y/ m# P: S" y5 @- T, s; G! \LL: I really don't pay any attention to the buzz about celebrities' personal lives. I'm just not interested in it. 3 D: [& s% |$ l, P$ ]+ Z) b
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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。 ! N, P9 j- E! E* V/ M/ O+ w
( h6 r0 ^4 h4 g PLL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much.
7 N8 S. ~3 z) V U+ q3 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!
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LL: That's right! ( O3 ]/ R9 H7 w
0 ^8 R$ ^5 {5 C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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