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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz . k4 U1 d ?5 w) V) X0 [5 w/ N! F
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8 s, U% D8 M1 p) qLarry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. ; M1 l s5 n" c6 ^1 G; x
: [/ P# \ p+ n& q0 jLH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？
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LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. 9 p5 I a1 J4 i, H
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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......2 o( F( S! N' Y
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LL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting! / K0 G) s; e4 b' S$ n* A
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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？ # G9 S( g' A& Q" O0 ?! U. A! ?
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* I/ K; g. q7 N9 ^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% s! |2 c' i: F0 V) ?
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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. " [) x$ L6 k4 ]$ h; V
n" _% T# r; O1 i9 HLH: 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. / F; W4 g* F. g# H5 o) m
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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？
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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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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。4 M3 P* ]; K" h
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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？
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LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
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5 [6 x9 F0 T aLH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？ : y( Y$ h$ W! {1 A9 J! o
; e5 C- n* }, G% g" f2 qLL：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！
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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.
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) G# {/ m+ _' i7 G7 o8 N* lLL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. * w8 G I% R6 P
8 u! ]( u& a8 p, L# F% oLH: 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。 & t Q. d0 Y' E. ?1 u
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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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5 L7 s! n2 L. R7 v6 ]4 X0 S! |; ILH: 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.
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LL: That's right! 6 H% ^ \- l1 P
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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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