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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz
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1 C. ~; j( d+ }- k+ F来源： 作者： 发布时间：1970-01-02
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% ?* _; T( V9 f. \! [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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$ z2 y6 V$ T& n9 D/ oLH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？: L. b" I1 S1 X/ K9 P" B
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LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. / l/ F6 Q9 b) G4 F) O8 n/ l
: t0 S. b1 u1 U9 u- aLH: 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......( `1 x4 f3 m) ~+ c
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LL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting! ! X$ ` M2 F3 {3 r6 a
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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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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. 7 I" Z- x; F; A- v1 g& Q {
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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？ : t' G- }/ w5 Z. x% @3 e
/ r* y6 \" _ [2 t3 k CLL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations. & Y- h- H- z3 }4 b! W
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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？
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# R7 ?% s& z$ m; w# J& TLL: 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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$ S% P7 X' h ?% k" y' V( zLH: 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？ # j' |9 A+ t/ s% R2 U
" R- Y; O! k A- VLL: 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. 3 z4 t6 F. a- w1 F* \. f
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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。: N- A) }! w8 U" x. r! a
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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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- _3 s! {" [6 { VLH: 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？ : G2 ?; W4 |& S1 t7 K4 U* Y/ a
0 ?% u# S( P) U: `0 a- qLL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.
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8 p: u' I0 T; N; B ]5 GLH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！
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# V& l# O! L! a8 bLL: 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. : P9 v y% G& v- n2 j$ Q# t
7 I9 o6 z8 O) D3 h- o3 R3 [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 \+ v( [( Q: d
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LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. & K& {% K# Z/ r. Y: i
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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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) _/ S. [) f9 z% Z8 I/ m0 YLL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. 4 ~* d: P* s8 h' C/ X7 H
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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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LL: I really don't pay any attention to the buzz about celebrities' personal lives. I'm just not interested in it. " r) s5 p; F# n U' }
" j% P" k B2 b9 H( jLH: 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。 2 } h3 k/ w `+ Y: j" C
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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.
% I9 F8 R$ ]# V2 x( z# {3 l) JLH: 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！
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LL: That's right!
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0 V# M8 @5 W: O4 f( g t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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