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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz 3 a+ Z3 [4 x6 R7 |6 @% R
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来源： 作者： 发布时间：1970-01-02
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3 W) [6 m- ]! m( W$ @ x2 }% 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. + u% v9 N: Q3 Y8 A7 h
9 h1 L0 a# i2 h* ] M4 XLH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？% ^( L ?% b' c
& v, u5 q: F7 M% wLL: 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....... a" u& ?/ ^8 s6 ]2 H
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LL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting! 1 V J: f, z) ?) j
1 s5 W# t% F: ~! tLH：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. $ y% R/ ^* y" T6 d& Y! J
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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？ # J' X! e; a4 S& z- [( M0 k
2 Y+ l$ A3 H, l' M) l0 XLL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations. 2 H) I/ h- S: J& e
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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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LL: 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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4 J: A, y, q* q! D- n1 B% z1 ALH: 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？ ( b0 I7 `; m" i
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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. / e. Z5 w6 f4 Y
2 R+ R0 ]; ], ~0 `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。# P. q/ k0 z, M0 O! x
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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. 4 P5 r( x3 Y% G5 O$ z5 C
7 X2 U d! a* @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. / F5 d' Y3 c- l# ?
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LH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？
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& r7 t ?6 q7 N% P$ [LL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. ) M, t6 S) [# e( u7 P' O
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LH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！ 3 H# E, u* O. ^" s- \
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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.
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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？
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LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. 9 |" A: Y& }9 Z. [* }; k
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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？ + X* D* z* [! ~9 w; a7 ~
1 f" j6 m/ T# y2 Q. SLL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.
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9 d# R5 [. b% ^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。 / N0 W! P% M2 V3 Y
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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. 5 Y- G, {: v5 u/ G* z" H
- ?! m& N2 Z" \0 k+ `5 e* ^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。 6 Z1 [+ v) P- z1 O
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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.
- U' j1 U+ F/ d5 N* k7 I' FLH: 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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: T. p C; r T( f3 G' b5 u( c/ S' hLL: That's right! 3 y* N% T5 P( `# v9 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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