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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz
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来源： 作者： 发布时间：1970-01-02
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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. 2 G# l, F/ O4 i8 V
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LH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？0 e! }: {3 A7 Z( M9 C9 I+ n: d
+ w) X+ Q2 T2 yLL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.
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6 V3 `7 g6 G7 x/ bLH: 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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" v4 j/ d, `9 }6 J0 iLL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting! 7 |4 S7 {( {% f' e$ p0 h
9 A% `: E+ Y3 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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' o! Z4 O3 z/ G# \6 Q. `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.
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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？ 1 S5 a0 C: ], ]0 U; `
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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. # ^' a# t# ?+ `7 a
0 R& K3 x; x9 T2 m' \. 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？ 3 T5 d" e: L9 c+ Q7 g& L+ g
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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.
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# m1 k1 d( n$ mLH: 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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( S A \0 ]5 \9 _% ?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. ' C) z* C+ n1 y) p& W
) o4 g- o/ N& x n" x1 Q5 |9 }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.
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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.
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LH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！ & u5 h$ ?! y% _% A! x
) @% S# d9 y9 ~4 @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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+ r) J! |% B8 L+ iLH: 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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* |; F8 s+ [) f" G/ S$ \ ULL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.
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1 {0 ?* O% }/ 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？ * |2 L+ B) R/ v4 D
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LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.
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" r: i* ^+ J' y9 XLH: 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。 ; O! q! W8 E( _* M9 E) M
2 z3 h, {8 J" ` x/ a' }# |LL: I really don't pay any attention to the buzz about celebrities' personal lives. I'm just not interested in it. 6 M* |0 E+ h7 ?; H
9 o- b& z# J: P; @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。 4 p7 i) }/ y% Z1 E/ V
2 L$ @" q: B1 P$ I0 OLL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much.
$ \5 \. f0 z. |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！ ' `0 {. t4 M' H* F& f. J
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LL: That's right! ' t* x" _ f% j% q s2 K7 F: V* ?
. Q" w1 P+ K4 E! _6 X, V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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