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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz 0 O/ v' D7 c% N
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$ m: R$ C) |5 L* _* kLarry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. ' @, O" F4 R/ G6 [( l1 }9 F) S4 K
; r# @3 s. k4 Y5 K# l3 `1 E+ t' OLH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？9 s( W& \: p/ V3 V) s
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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......" @5 e* w4 ?* Y, y9 q; `7 ]2 a- O2 N: H
A( L, t, c5 s; e- Q {& |' r OLL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting! - A* f2 s6 E0 v/ a; _$ w: }6 z
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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.
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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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LL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations. 4 w8 m* T _. F" g' Q1 j
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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？ 9 e$ @3 c3 E) @ ^
* `: ~5 l# A: ?8 pLL: 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. ) d! s" t4 u: m. I- u$ m4 M
" [; J1 i1 U) ~5 k+ S# S" {4 v( \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？ * P. H0 a3 Y& p% _* \0 h$ O' q8 f
, t/ } [9 _) z% A; M3 L8 `3 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. I' a# \$ ]# a: D6 Q& ?# _
; e) j: J* M6 z6 L$ c7 H' qLH: 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。% H& \1 _( U9 Q) 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. ) x0 ]. c2 H! Z' f, {1 _
/ B2 v' a3 M6 ~: q+ 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？ * B( {$ z8 g& o, |3 ~3 C/ @& v: D# K9 R
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LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit. * [ {9 N+ p) l; e0 v
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LH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？
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LL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. ' q* k! I2 m1 Y H1 A: C
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LH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！ 1 Z" l" l) s8 D5 g- B
3 O; L% f: q5 ELL: 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. 2 C& [1 B' [9 n _* j
; L; W/ @) t6 @6 g$ T5 cLH: 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？! a* o: E9 T% `, ~9 ~3 O
+ o5 N# z) C* d/ LLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. # s' r% R0 [7 n3 W0 a
4 z4 E; Z$ j7 z* L1 f9 R7 r) mLH: 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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% z1 p3 ]! W' ~LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. ( k! v6 P8 P' J* h" g7 ^1 V& Z. G; s. }
+ e$ A1 T& Y- f' L/ P6 mLH: 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。 . E1 |0 e% e4 q* D6 z3 r! p+ ^* S
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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. % W! [' e! e* _% g2 p5 S/ X! g, ^
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LH: 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. 7 k( ?, T7 g8 R1 j+ C4 y0 K
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! # q0 f8 K/ j* z
8 N$ \6 K8 h& S5 F5 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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