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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz b' P, r; d" N7 i$ P- b
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0 W0 Q# O. a( s( t4 ~6 M: E nLarry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. " I" F# U& o D+ T6 c* o; h T
$ |" X, C0 @# q) Z# WLH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？7 z3 \6 W% W9 x4 v" w( j) U& ^
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LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. , F9 P: F4 q: w/ _# }7 |9 z2 \: d
, y# O, z9 O: C7 _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......$ |& V) V, z6 { G
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LL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting! ! y9 i% C4 y7 L) D6 o
H, M: a6 m4 S* ] h, |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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y6 K" ?% [- J0 k8 \' u% VLL: 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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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？
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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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# Z# C: t) ]8 ~7 F. Q( J! k/ q3 _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？ : @. ?6 h4 S9 r1 G. p
7 q% F9 O1 [! I8 l# t1 dLL: 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. 4 C6 W8 q% h1 [
/ ]. m% I. M* t" s# wLH: 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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! f9 `5 X" f5 TLL: 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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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。, \+ N7 t9 M2 _5 M) i* ^4 g
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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.
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LH: 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？ 6 E: J# r$ j4 L9 S& {
) @, e# M3 a8 c/ Z+ RLL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit. + }' z1 N& L8 B- b9 f
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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.
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LH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！ 3 Y6 e6 W: Y' n8 _4 t$ l; X
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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. ( p1 g! E0 B V! p6 P( X6 E: f. ]$ S
5 @ `$ C N7 ^9 H! BLH: 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.
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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.
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$ D: u! ]: K; n5 Y/ cLH: 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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LL: I really don't pay any attention to the buzz about celebrities' personal lives. I'm just not interested in it. ; V+ @. }" O$ o# ~: }* q
3 H% k: u( e! n r6 {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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# v `) x5 l8 Z4 D8 K3 |LL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much.
' k* V) O: D, XLH: 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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$ p! G2 j, {0 SLL: That's right! - Y% i# Y8 I4 K3 P% n* O
% D# Y/ M8 ]6 \: e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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