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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz / b% d$ {) N* g- P8 W
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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. 7 C/ Y0 ^+ ?" R3 N5 P; }
6 j) U& E! p) G5 L3 S9 _* pLH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？
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LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.
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7 m% Z0 Y, R0 t3 ?' [( 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......
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LL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting! 8 G5 u4 I! w' Z: I' E9 W- x* ^2 p
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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？ / R5 ~/ m9 w- H5 N2 U4 g5 R0 @
( j% f/ L2 C8 U( U/ U# H8 KLL: 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. " C. a) X9 P' } b- ?! E8 T
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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？ 4 \# x$ W, i: D
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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. / j* m% g5 Z8 g9 |( x
( z P6 t+ H) s. m8 K2 Q. e" bLH: 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？
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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. & s3 }8 I8 Y' Z) v* H1 c/ d
6 N: |5 d; ^3 m4 nLH: 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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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。
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- \) q# o, T0 ^9 cLL: It's a long shot that my sister will come home to spend the vacation. She said she's going to Europe this summer. ' c, }$ I, C* z( o" c1 w9 J7 j
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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？ 7 k- f6 b; D x, a
5 n" f. t; e0 ]& p; d3 ^1 x- A( xLL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit. 5 f( @5 i/ z, \/ e( t/ d
" `" G5 w$ I; lLH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？ . C9 Y1 ]7 |+ \
8 b% F) M X3 I$ h$ ^4 cLL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. " {; X* }9 F1 j$ x6 \4 C
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LH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！
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2 Z% h; a/ t4 a, \) Z, H$ yLL: 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. ) s9 o1 @5 {" x! U3 K
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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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: `/ \+ R2 \, xLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. 5 H' d8 L* B$ m' y* Z- x# b
E& I1 j3 `6 ^7 KLH: 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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. F" Z: T3 }# `; ?+ l1 {6 @7 |LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.
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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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LL: I really don't pay any attention to the buzz about celebrities' personal lives. I'm just not interested in it. ; T& Z% Y( i2 D* O( d2 D6 Y0 y
4 _1 p9 |1 s, a& R+ 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。
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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.
, m! B+ t9 h) `. b+ kLH: 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！ % }- E' ~8 I& U2 {, `" Z( }# b
) `( S' p% T3 }( p. n- x3 @! j& nLL: That's right! + W+ [% H. q) h, M0 v% y& e
! y8 ]! b) g+ u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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