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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz
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来源: 作者: 发布时间:1970-01-02
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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. # p5 {0 [+ ~# n, G3 S) }, S a
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LH:Larry,我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀?- W+ U, u! H, D7 B( d
V' k) r! L u4 f( S, PLL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. 6 P4 U0 k; y6 h9 K. l6 w" N% A0 Q% P
5 d. u7 A* t2 l Z, @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......
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7 a' K/ I# b9 Q6 Y2 iLL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting!
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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? 6 V" l3 l& ] o6 w K# `# [& |
' q& E! N& |& L0 ~8 [$ v0 G& _3 O) NLL: 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. " L6 x8 k4 C1 w G* l
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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? ' R9 F/ A/ ?- h0 L8 }# l
# @# g* e' R" O# I9 |$ ALL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations. d# S! B$ ~* ~2 P u' Y ?
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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? 4 l. j8 S: ^. a5 n" ~
. {1 L- e. Q# w# {: y" z! 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. 8 O( H, b8 \( f9 s/ z
3 m: C" u K. Z0 s, i, ?2 m% bLH: 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? 8 _* g, L( d& P t1 `# j
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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. ! z* _$ H' G3 m7 a
/ k$ P1 K$ M1 R" {* 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。
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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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- p* u! Z" t$ m# L/ S kLH: 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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LH: 那么,要不要带件毛衣呀? 0 O' }. B4 O9 C8 O- F, ?* u* P
& }8 S% s0 Y: `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! / `7 K) }% B' N7 ]
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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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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?( J# h9 y) V' w3 q' }' J) j. h
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LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. 2 J( ~* { V" D9 p2 X7 h
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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? - z/ |5 |, H# t5 n; y; E
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LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. 9 T+ N4 `9 T. M4 S; Q# r
1 w- \: P/ j7 }6 B% T6 rLH: 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.
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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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( m# E8 o" P/ j, s8 R. {LL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much. ; n, G* `* {% V3 M, m
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! 7 X4 b' H( k4 H& a( E3 G
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LL: That's right! 2 o5 Z* k5 O5 ~ \
9 X& M7 R! @% H! i1 L6 x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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