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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz 0 [6 @! r% ~& v6 T- P$ s0 a
. Q* Y7 [# j, Q$ v来源： 作者： 发布时间：1970-01-02 9 E: s+ q, B7 U. J8 x: K8 B [
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Larry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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LH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？
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3 ~3 I; {( t0 [1 P, G! u3 DLL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.
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# X) B2 H1 h$ n. O! w& X8 t8 SLH: 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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LL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting! 3 B H% H% b/ @' }1 ~- k5 |5 y
" K% u- g3 p4 I( r" P1 [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？ . b' ~2 Y N* E9 P6 n
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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. " o: q1 K' S4 ?
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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. 2 L H* J& Z7 Z1 u. g% m7 O
' j0 |/ A/ w4 m# U9 p6 p8 gLH: 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？ : }: U" g- _; N+ f7 J' g4 O
) B3 x1 l; [1 JLL: 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. ' l# _8 @+ e- J1 P
# v/ b# {! ?. }( C( `& NLH: 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？ + t) Z8 x+ w$ m- K- `; P4 P8 R! C
+ F! k; |" v' `( w! w( v# m& QLL: 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. 0 M) U: h% b: ], c2 W0 V1 Q
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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。" y' j( n X& m* E1 \% B
) m6 ~' M$ O0 I4 z( @3 @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. 0 O% y7 E* b; z4 w1 l
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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？ 3 s( X6 m' k+ j# M$ M
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LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit. 8 S* t1 e+ | F/ ^6 d* T
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LH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？ / J3 v% X b7 G: Y$ @8 T
; K$ z8 ]+ S+ H7 ?+ L& `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！ % t, q( Q2 Z& q+ x# }1 D6 Z+ m- S
% {/ e! G& o6 _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. * K, n& L+ F* ~: n) I
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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？8 b2 t0 c/ j' F
# K6 [( a( O' g8 S! ^& Z5 w0 ^LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.
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# }" ~5 |+ F% M7 j& e" VLH: 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？ - X2 ]+ u! r% h" e+ l, m' k4 z
! W1 d6 D4 @2 T* v9 [LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. r+ k: n/ d% F7 w" K3 u
0 ^4 O3 R V2 F$ A% c! r% vLH: 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。 & V% Y# Q, h# _- f6 {0 b
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4 [$ V& Z+ ^, E7 cLH: 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. * j+ [1 R# M7 y. ?, Y
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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" I, I f- d5 {; d# o! P% N7 CLL: That's right! 7 G+ C$ h& E7 J1 p( r O" S0 ~: V
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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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