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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz
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4 h4 E6 s- E, _来源： 作者： 发布时间：1970-01-02
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8 D3 t. q0 G' d9 J9 T- bLarry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.
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LH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？' K% [8 D4 h" ?
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LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. Y, o( X! ?) H% T+ w
& z6 A; \! P: t& C5 xLH: 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......# ^6 r( ~' ?) U- T# R& Q, P
* p5 S( u' Y; ~LL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting!
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. L8 X+ u6 o h' ~7 xLH：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？ ( D0 p+ D4 v% \4 K1 q
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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.
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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？ ( M6 r) [ T+ `! Q1 E& k% u
+ o) d* D& ]% {, |" MLL: 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？ ' w9 \5 T: u; K
. W! z2 ^4 r* B) G' U' JLL: 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？ 0 D- D; w' P9 _- I+ i
6 f( f) _$ K2 |4 U0 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. 3 f U' K7 _2 D
* Q7 I5 Z( C! A: GLH: 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。4 K% q3 t( T. v8 E4 f; q( |
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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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" z9 D' F! j6 S# ?6 NLH: 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？ ; o7 c7 b3 x( R& B) h8 O1 X
- \: B1 K; m" Z7 c% C: ^" bLL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
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7 K9 R, Q8 k6 n3 X, Q+ ]9 j, h- q( \LH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？ ( B- n* h7 M1 `. @. M! S& O! S* u5 v
; C& `7 ?# y! ?+ b3 W9 GLL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.
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# p9 ]+ w- C; J0 c# c! e6 E0 nLH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！
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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.
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" R- y6 {' J& p$ DLH: 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. : {, j* C, b8 k7 C4 d0 [
7 h" u( y9 K# }. eLH: 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？ & t/ A4 z6 N, _# r. A
( {4 ~, L3 Z/ f$ bLL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. % o" q2 p6 m; ~ s+ m
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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。 $ u4 H% m& _; E) Q4 f. d' P
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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. 3 |3 e; P& x# ~1 e
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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。
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% i- \" t! g5 C- T4 QLL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much.
5 |, K2 B4 \2 v& m [% R9 V- VLH: 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！ / g! Y7 z1 j* e
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LL: That's right! ) ]! d' h, t3 B- f4 |
% V0 [1 `6 n7 ~+ ^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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