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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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6 j. S/ V- ~( Z B# v' \. k# PLarry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. 3 [1 e% x: c* u# u: ?+ b
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LH:Larry,我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀?5 [. c: }4 c+ B6 ?0 C
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LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. # u6 @9 s6 E7 V
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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......
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LL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting! . x/ f, q0 m0 y6 I2 ^: o/ G0 [) D! D
: _) K8 Y& L$ b9 SLH: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? $ S; Y1 Z. b5 z
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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? 1 [8 P$ z. a/ w, f7 n5 d
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) H b# u; N- A% @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? . X5 f W6 J" [$ m& w
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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. ; [5 }; X3 S `
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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? [: Y8 ^) J( {- @
8 S% j G$ D- KLL: 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. % F$ K) Z/ ^2 [4 M7 a- {2 f
( m' D: u6 H. |% @0 ELH: 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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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.
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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? ; h- j* i% Y) l' P
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LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit. # m1 B5 M* H# {
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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! + p4 k7 |4 t8 n) l: ?2 c$ H
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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. $ |; F' C/ ?2 }& p+ b0 N5 N9 P
( B4 v, Y- g- v0 Q/ S# [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 w2 |' q+ X t# W9 S- z
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LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.
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# w% Y. ~' W: |; u; iLH: 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? P: }6 s0 _" _* m5 m, U5 h
' U2 ` ^ \7 _5 J9 f% uLL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.
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3 C4 F2 v% x) y, u) y/ t& k6 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。 0 I# c; i$ O9 D& M: j, \
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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.
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0 g3 T6 j3 B4 g, ZLH: 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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0 W6 R# ?2 t5 n6 ?LL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much.
% d( `+ c6 X+ R. n5 d* O7 a) cLH: 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 v) s3 [! R* s [7 |
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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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