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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz / U) B# ^- A( Z5 Z( g" Y+ W
8 ~7 \: p, o; _% F0 K3 {1 s7 z4 S来源: 作者: 发布时间:1970-01-02
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' l9 O A* r1 s& zLarry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. 7 A. A* c U) p0 p1 b& i; F2 x$ Y
. z8 B7 U2 ^ T; ]* jLH:Larry,我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀?
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8 {+ H8 F- r" k5 y! J2 b9 j4 tLL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. & D- D) {: \; O" ^( t7 y4 d5 Y* _7 c
z9 J. _3 s |; a: M( K- RLH: 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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) g4 [& z: M& c8 O2 uLL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting! + t( T0 G, F1 q1 s
4 j( P; b0 j9 U) o4 G4 JLH: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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1 _4 F+ z2 B3 e0 c: eLL: 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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3 m' s* Q ?/ G8 vLH: 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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* i% Z( v9 |5 O+ |% y- _LL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations. % {$ J$ u( H. o2 |
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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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5 |/ w% r# T. Z- B" A4 k4 h/ n5 ULL: 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. ; _) f% }) c7 |& s/ u
; Y W9 l9 k Q/ Z' u( yLH: 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 W( Q% C3 G# m) g' Y# ~% k
' }1 J) a* S+ mLL: 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.
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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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; x$ b4 g/ e- l) t! ALL: 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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$ V5 {# M9 C, F- j/ G1 a; Z jLH: 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. 1 d t: M) x+ j1 h; o L
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LH: 那么,要不要带件毛衣呀? 5 V7 _8 N) J; u7 p5 u4 g7 a0 v
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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!
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, \ P- R2 h7 L& h8 K+ wLL: 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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6 }$ v5 C0 D! n# W# O* \# 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?& z+ L& [ v1 T, O
4 k* u" O! b# t0 L! rLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. 8 s7 J7 K& d5 p$ J, _$ }
" S& d. w' a6 U6 OLH: 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? 6 H! [7 d. N! ]# f+ y/ s0 u
1 @3 D- n9 }, A( MLL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. & p$ e ~0 p6 i9 U+ c+ d
8 o* J/ M4 \- W$ }) a" T6 KLH: 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。 0 G1 N$ K" v5 h" a" I
5 D6 Q2 m$ G% u3 ULL: I really don't pay any attention to the buzz about celebrities' personal lives. I'm just not interested in it. $ y5 V6 B$ k- H( L8 W# ?
& e8 `; X" ~8 O7 T4 qLH: 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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9 p/ N2 B: J6 D9 y' ZLL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much. 0 A/ h T; q; P: 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! ; T; ? J+ k/ b0 n5 |5 i
( Z" g: @& I3 a+ T3 B' SLL: 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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