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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz / {+ u3 d9 G8 }6 @
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/ N# m* _8 y0 e' B0 n5 dLarry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. 5 |- ~8 v V/ V) r! A
: M1 z% Q$ X8 F+ iLH:Larry,我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀?# r- T% G% P; z
0 x2 C# L0 K& u0 j, `& [& M$ ^LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. 9 d# T: @9 C) L) ]
4 g) b7 J) i% e0 ?3 q$ wLH: 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......9 m: {* [- ]% k }$ P- Y
5 x8 a2 t _2 w5 V* u( RLL: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? 0 ^5 r% z4 V- A# w9 p8 G
* V* Q V5 v1 `7 S, |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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7 e8 P+ b2 M# bLH: 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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4 G- E) W3 h Z/ K4 ?5 y. PLL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations. R$ u2 K! ?9 U W2 J5 E3 z8 w8 f2 g2 V
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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? ' R9 {( L1 w% C p
2 C: `' t% A x0 B7 CLL: 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. + p5 ]! n- {* G& n/ i7 f U' b
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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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! P5 e7 \; }$ FLL: 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 s$ e1 D9 J: [
% P; @# y3 t+ H8 O% k0 k2 }0 J" m$ JLH: 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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. m1 M; i* a. f1 q1 MLL: It's a long shot that my sister will come home to spend the vacation. She said she's going to Europe this summer. 0 l9 G. o/ h: _. f8 |' c: ~1 i
' W1 F. q4 Z/ B- {& T/ \LH: 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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; J3 A+ L6 j4 f1 G6 q6 NLH: 那么,要不要带件毛衣呀?
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7 [# w( b2 L4 U! \% F$ r: ~& E' b' qLL: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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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. ( S/ S% s- l x8 a4 _% _8 v
; J+ n3 Q2 p8 j( h' d3 YLH: 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?+ I: L. p% J9 V5 v. v/ B$ L: T
: o9 ?8 ?1 g* z" V8 LLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. 1 \2 p1 T7 F2 d0 t
K% }" Y3 s) f1 f4 F9 W$ SLH: 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? 3 K0 d' [# ]! f% U+ ?+ M6 M
L) M, e$ `/ F. V7 X, Y4 xLL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. - o7 M% S- Y( G9 O6 h# l
: u2 Z2 U# O4 }& E: Y [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。 5 W2 k! M: Q; H9 l1 c
Y1 g: L& g- H# v9 ^/ O1 fLL: I really don't pay any attention to the buzz about celebrities' personal lives. I'm just not interested in it. ) E3 _% j0 w$ a) }/ B1 X
9 x- a1 U1 H. l+ LLH: 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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) u# T R. V" M! ~! \* uLL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much. 7 I- g8 m* E, d- w
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!
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LL: That's right! - _* ]/ F# A& o
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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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