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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz 7 ^- `/ P7 L2 `$ h0 t" c
1 d2 E) F& a [. C1 i来源: 作者: 发布时间:1970-01-02
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" t: B5 I) `2 {* J9 m- rLarry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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; V$ z- S$ B4 g7 Q. LLH:Larry,我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀?
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! S+ y7 x/ z& j3 A8 D8 {( _LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.
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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......* k, Z; f3 ?/ Z! q' V2 U
& c4 p& T9 h! v7 |7 G ZLL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting! ) W$ C6 V: t m+ @
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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? 7 j) ^+ Y6 M5 v; c1 Y& V( ]7 M
& J) Z/ [/ C6 b5 n% s$ RLL: 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. # u7 D0 M1 d+ m! U8 B: M
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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? - \( h7 ~! H. r, E2 d
3 i0 m! N8 q) U& yLL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations. + M1 ?. ?8 R. [( J
' E$ Y+ i& B, z/ H) M3 B- NLH: 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? 4 L" `" l ~4 ?" K
% J+ N9 D8 c4 k# O* P2 y5 iLL: 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? , C; ?2 I1 X9 N: B" T" U9 x
: w- S% J, a u2 ]; _2 C; A8 sLL: 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. : D1 M! S; O) G% q' @
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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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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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4 M2 C" x4 a( _ c( TLH: 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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, c! b( t6 s5 y- o; \8 {LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit. ( T+ y6 p$ G4 G6 h5 o% {
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LH: 那么,要不要带件毛衣呀? $ }$ K6 F m: `+ Q5 n9 s" g3 ~8 W
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LL:You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.
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6 M4 x1 Y0 g* D: KLH: Larry,你准备好了吗?我们该出发了! 0 m" W3 @6 ^, u" ^3 @: q; {
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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. 5 R% x2 q9 z& h) p: P
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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? \0 e+ {1 P3 f
+ x$ T. M: ~6 }" |4 h7 lLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.
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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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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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9 g% C/ {0 j& d+ m) ?. ILL: 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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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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. p! R; q$ [1 d& q! L; z- vLL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much. S4 H! C0 U8 y# o1 O
LH: 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! % H* r- B# m) m* z) U
+ K2 w: Q* s- F* f, TLL: 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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