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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz 2 @ i- }+ n3 _ R3 P
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0 ~3 N9 v2 K! ~) k5 q0 ILarry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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2 C, m& n* ~1 J, D2 i6 i) Y# mLH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？! h+ s; V% X3 Q5 y3 A; h+ I' i: \- y
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LL: 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......* D' O3 A7 s, l* T: |% `, B0 q
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LL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting! 8 M* D' G' L7 x4 Q- v2 ^* L3 |/ _
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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？ ( E6 c1 l/ ^6 c0 |3 `# Y
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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. : i0 Q: t" s7 K% v
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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？
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6 h( ^, F# @! K" D( U* a' ?9 xLL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations.
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8 W- ]+ M" c+ F* o4 A! HLH: 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？ P9 ?+ W* H2 Y- i. X! I& R
. L/ ~# a: V8 n/ X: D6 k8 _, c! \. LLL: 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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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？ 6 |2 _# u: D& m3 u) N% @
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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. 3 T/ {* u" _/ d, ~
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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。! J; ^& B& X# T' ?# R ^
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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. & \! Q7 g9 @; d: I0 G) Z" z" q
( Z( O& N: [" q" f& NLH: 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？ n% i" t2 H8 X2 d' p# V) y1 d
* M G$ c* y( E9 p, Y TLL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit. 5 y- K* i/ `. }! E3 x6 \
% F, q6 |2 V8 z, f3 rLH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？
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/ U; I% G% K5 H( } D* uLL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. i, p" e5 [, P3 N- W" w/ e0 u) R0 m
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LH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！
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8 `) X3 O0 }7 K# p: Z! OLL: 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. 6 I( v( A' f- H" V2 `6 V V/ n4 H4 L
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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？7 D1 C# T! L# W, [( [* y% F
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LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. 7 j. ^: B" G5 [2 ~& p" g
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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？ 2 n; a) q: b& a# M; v$ |% ], a
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LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. ( E6 H, J; F' B7 k( 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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1 @: u- g) Z$ p3 p9 w: }LL: I really don't pay any attention to the buzz about celebrities' personal lives. I'm just not interested in it. ) O! k9 [) Q4 b: p2 g I5 d9 z
) W( U7 W, g) i2 y8 RLH: 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。 % a, o( T4 R9 J T, a! \$ L
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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. , \$ [) ]1 T& T% _1 H
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！ ( ]6 @5 Y4 c8 _- T5 Y
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LL: That's right! , R7 A2 X3 v4 M' \
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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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