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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz 4 I+ G# ^9 N4 \7 ~3 w
' m3 d! P2 |0 H9 I' d来源： 作者： 发布时间：1970-01-02
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5 |3 K2 l; [1 {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. & f5 i* s) e6 s, Y/ `8 P
, u7 F/ t) P/ FLH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？# v9 z2 U- ?6 z
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LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.
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! n D. c" B0 w; q2 [- A% }" _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......7 S+ U% N) s' L2 N) ^5 q9 f, X
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LL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting! : _6 y! m. N, Z8 \
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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？ 8 w5 U: H0 b* A
8 T$ S- |0 r& DLL: 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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' B. c. i5 x; j$ oLH: 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？ 4 ^; J$ a- M$ ~! d& v- w
' u1 J, ?' K* `& I& HLL: 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？ , s" b) z2 `2 z( J: r' s
4 p, R9 U7 x+ S; H- ALL: 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？
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# }0 @% N# o' f$ P; CLL: 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. 3 Y, J! n0 d+ j5 L
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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。: ?- z! x4 V0 ?5 n3 J# b- w6 I
4 d) u5 [* j2 E* Q- E- o: ELL: 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？
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LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit. ) t/ }1 H1 D/ B1 M6 [
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LH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？ & X) y6 _1 V3 q$ h& w$ D% m) P
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LL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.
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* g$ L9 V0 F }6 N0 d3 cLH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！ " U1 }3 w, o) \1 P6 G$ C% Q
) Z# q. D3 ^5 HLL: 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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! e: e3 ^$ s; T" a" p) \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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- v- l8 P S' p" }1 m% C- bLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. / G0 k. p, |+ _* ~
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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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* E. g8 T! E5 d/ mLL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. 0 Z2 {+ D! e/ H# @$ c& m; J. K
6 I; G# N2 G' G( @& i5 V$ J. _( d5 RLH: 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.
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8 i' _+ S* U/ R1 d. J* X. x2 A4 [% ]4 S2 ALH: 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。 , Y0 J' Y3 q0 ^: `
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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.
8 R+ W5 c- `0 k0 x2 aLH: 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！ ! @7 R2 q1 o* B7 k3 n* f+ k
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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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