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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz 8 h$ w/ s% H+ x
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来源: 作者: 发布时间:1970-01-02 " y6 x5 j* H+ e% k
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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.
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LH: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. 8 J6 i" H4 B) I; d6 y( V
* w% I" U+ D" i SLH: 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......& E, E2 `, C% N- M8 H3 T }
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LL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting! / z* ^- S$ k( Z
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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?
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; B8 [* L5 q# k! @) K0 Y; G9 P3 ZLL: 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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- z! k) j( B1 xLH: 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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, H( z4 b: P6 l c# ^2 u# \LL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations. , y5 w7 H1 J( E: I
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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? ' c b$ U' q- a/ M: k
}% {! @+ a( D5 i; o) {. J) zLL: 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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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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8 I3 C( c* c. rLH: 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。7 g6 V4 S( _. l/ [4 s' P. [. M2 x
: S2 k& R. k: T MLL: It's a long shot that my sister will come home to spend the vacation. She said she's going to Europe this summer. - U# @1 E2 B3 C8 Y5 ]
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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.
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LH: 那么,要不要带件毛衣呀? 4 B* d' I% r. l2 ^: y
4 Y _/ l3 z3 ^. W% SLL:You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. 6 I- n3 @, E" U: \0 u7 l
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LH: Larry,你准备好了吗?我们该出发了!
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6 N- z% J: L+ a% QLL: 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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0 E" u \& I; f( HLH: 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. 8 K6 s/ m* c3 f% K$ e- x
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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? 2 k. |1 N! J' V& F7 p, S" z
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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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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。 . Y& Y; Z! `# _/ Q, L' `* s* K {
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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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1 j) Z! _0 F+ R F& I' t% yLH: 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.
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LL: That's right!
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3 q0 l) u8 w. h9 Z5 _7 T' d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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