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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz 3 z- V% `! r* J& E. j" u( Q) u. {
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. p( `; l! F$ y4 C8 YLarry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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+ e+ {/ z; |# G% C- u c, I% qLH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？: I, v P' {: m9 t4 d$ e' G; _
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LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. ; m1 U& z2 l/ `) \& G5 f# c2 Z
' |1 [5 o8 a4 MLH: 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......3 T; o; j* A$ K' M9 l7 y/ o' A
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LL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting!
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% M$ d2 {$ G- B/ U2 {& r; ]' GLH：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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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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* z9 y. x0 C9 Q+ t$ ?5 E) o1 V M8 ~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？ 7 x$ }9 y) s& m$ H |8 H) w
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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.
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3 F e, _4 |+ QLH: 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.
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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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' M) x+ d6 y3 G8 k% W# A* TLH: 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。9 r9 n$ {1 K+ W2 u6 \" j
4 O, i9 W9 N3 D$ j7 |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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) l0 t; q/ ]; u7 Q4 YLH: 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？ 2 Y9 V' a, _1 q. c* P
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LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit. , I9 G* y, u7 n6 F
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LH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？ * |& B* S* x: ] ]* j
' P3 r- S; c' ~; r @LL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.
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LH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！
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5 ?( t! E" ]3 C& l: ]: u! V, _9 l& LLL: 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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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？& D3 y5 [2 f7 p( a
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LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. 7 x. S5 ?, ~" j5 c" q6 ]* x
( _4 `* v1 k& QLH: 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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. g% b. D: U- ]; |, O. B5 ?$ eLL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. 9 c& X4 P5 Q7 `* p# Z
7 G9 }& v5 P- x3 u3 o2 s4 b4 r; JLH: 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。 6 N8 x2 E4 n- y& M P
" Y+ c# I# S5 cLL: I really don't pay any attention to the buzz about celebrities' personal lives. I'm just not interested in it. % c0 P8 ^) h: T0 h' [
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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。 0 p0 G7 @/ u9 }% P5 @6 G6 I* ?
( p2 F c! j2 v- f- F! rLL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much.
& E' a" T) b: I' K+ RLH: 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 ?! m# b3 X+ E' d7 x2 G- {! h3 R
0 m0 u# V- `2 x/ ILL: That's right! 3 z1 g: i M `+ s# ^
' Q+ ]) O, b9 M2 u/ D: N8 L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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