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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz 8 T* u, D' d! a+ |2 A
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) h0 @# _6 o$ @. j: TLarry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 {! Z3 p6 J/ d& i9 n' L
! I% R' s& d5 D/ v2 e- \$ YLH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？$ n% y3 k6 H: G7 \: Z% D! l4 F
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LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.
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2 D4 u; Z, l! O0 q0 u- m4 uLH: 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 G& M8 i( q. c" h- S6 z* E6 m
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LL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting!
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8 v5 `3 P0 F0 HLH：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. 0 k0 u" t0 e# K7 p' s. X
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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？ & z$ n' s: ~. u) F4 `
( {; N; }" H9 d- f- r- ILL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations. / f3 _( |/ `. D5 k- q. L
& ^( |; R/ t2 n1 g& C( Y aLH: 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？ 9 X5 `+ p @7 b) [. o4 b
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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. / j$ b2 G. c* q
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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？
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LL: 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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; [# L- O4 x0 h; ~: ULH: 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。, ^* l" h4 f% l; j7 H' s
1 [5 m0 v2 [( q- w. w! tLL: 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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. U3 ?$ [8 H8 g9 r2 R/ KLH: 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？ 9 f: z2 y% b: v3 J- j
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LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit. ( U. u: Q! e/ b! {8 `$ [6 M( O( O
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LH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？ ' w: U) F7 P: d) `6 k0 h. M
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LL：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！ + \3 ]+ `" ?7 B+ M7 U- M
) w. y7 h" {; f8 C% OLL: 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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* A8 a. e2 t/ ?# ULH: 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. ! q1 N/ e: I. `- W$ s4 m1 z
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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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LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. 5 X( o4 r* A3 I5 V9 Y6 |* E" U4 \$ K
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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. Q! X$ H" N% q3 d, M7 B
% I. V- |; _* S4 c9 ]5 n# u' NLL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much.
2 @$ J) R6 u8 A' k+ q0 BLH: 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！ 3 {! z9 q$ U3 X/ D) i W R6 Y. T
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LL: That's right! 3 a, {) K. i* d, _& r: D
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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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