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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz
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% S* u3 t' p& m. U/ z" E, ^7 tLarry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. 1 c: J, P6 x# Q( u+ n
$ E/ H2 i9 O# E5 W' ^) ^8 K5 d3 J" [LH:Larry,我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀?
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$ E6 y$ |: T3 m* }/ S/ c6 HLL: 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......
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LL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting! + W- w5 ?: F$ p- c9 t
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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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( R" Z2 M: I: Z# D% x! iLL: 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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$ g; Z. M* Y% B) c6 z9 w, ELH: 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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2 P F2 D b1 O0 L: U9 T- vLL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations. # R* S& b7 ?' q
+ A5 f; h+ m% n4 {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? 2 B- ?; L; P) w9 u! a. F. h" s$ G
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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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: W$ p4 `2 C' N# hLH: 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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% l0 S% H. {( O8 @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. 8 W' x, z. o0 l6 p" i
, p) t0 m |7 [7 a& ?7 NLH: 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. 5 S- M$ i: o1 L
3 F E8 N! ^/ F7 y: gLH: 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? # h- |& l' o+ N+ _! n: A
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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 y6 P/ U4 R0 q% p
, N+ c- U7 }4 v7 o3 d2 H7 yLL:You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. 4 ^% ~, m4 m: z% D: G4 b6 e7 w( r
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LH: Larry,你准备好了吗?我们该出发了!
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5 o& P, u2 t, fLL: 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. 7 e# s. C2 c# t5 N6 s% k
/ O7 U( K: W) |; MLH: 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?! n; G$ [. H* U6 x
: k* _* @# e, M; K( KLL: 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? ' x6 X, ~8 s8 K' b, r8 I
0 X: _- [: ~* w, H- W/ J3 @LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.
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+ y9 `! b5 Y' p7 T7 o( A |% D4 |$ X8 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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7 Q5 m& O, _( R) A1 wLL: 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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9 Y2 m) Q. m9 ~6 w! }& j5 dLH: 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! 4 p5 }5 [2 ^! p6 A3 F
$ X F& f- K1 O) E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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