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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz 6 H, C) k& ^. o0 x" g5 x
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来源： 作者： 发布时间：1970-01-02 $ W! A% N2 c. m& _ ~( p
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Larry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. ' X8 U) E7 P% z3 Y# N
& r" W9 M. [' {0 Z0 NLH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？) K/ {1 a; M* C D! d2 C
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LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.
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' P) T% p9 v$ 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......% U% b* Y' X1 o, a, r- F: Y
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LL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting! 4 w, O0 W6 t$ L8 k4 u E! @* z5 l
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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？ $ q% K8 P& D$ s& G) ~
+ ~8 h; N) E. ]- [1 ?+ h8 |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. - ?# H% q* V4 x2 t! f; e3 r
9 c2 i5 D. M" f4 ^; LLH: 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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6 r. E: g. X1 t+ {LL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations. 8 k& E; ?0 X! K4 ^
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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？ 6 g0 [+ x* P$ `7 D9 }8 P6 P
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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.
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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？ 6 Q! u4 t0 @ Y. ~ s6 Q
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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. & N t" a' e6 m. r5 _
/ J- x% C/ N4 L9 o2 HLH: 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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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 @, U5 u0 u* g" N3 [2 y
( I7 L5 `4 F7 y2 ^5 L% 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？
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LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit. 4 p5 G- w7 q+ h7 o
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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. ; T C7 j# ~' ~1 H/ ]' [. I, }; b$ l- L
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LH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！ + \. H% I; E& k
) R+ h4 u1 l" N! w; K2 V. I$ ]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. : j9 X7 d* D, N
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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. 3 l4 D: H" N+ y6 y
7 m' S! {+ E8 f4 Z8 dLH: 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？ 6 m0 y- r3 r" Y0 j/ X
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LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. # s; K. R; K0 `2 f& O
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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。 $ K8 I) T6 G; n* r' l; G3 `
, i, y0 M/ x4 i2 c6 c$ a! ~% B6 zLL: I really don't pay any attention to the buzz about celebrities' personal lives. I'm just not interested in it. 4 A! }' \. J# ~# C
3 f6 ^( W" _! n3 I# s' U& LLH: 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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LL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much. 6 u. _# R g& f+ @
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！ & B- R, p; ^" P
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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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