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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz ! W. ]) C ~- G7 E$ R, }3 Z0 ?* N% ] ~* S
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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. V8 M0 ]6 ~$ e: e9 X# E9 q
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LH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？, E' U2 T* I( x3 ?/ ~1 L; d! a* y
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LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.
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# n/ s7 ?5 f+ A T8 W- MLH: 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......% `+ t, M3 _& v* w4 R$ W' a
+ A. o6 Q* G6 P5 c- C0 {LL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting! ) S. M3 S V2 z" V2 t
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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？ % q+ r- `& ? ?
) O" x; l3 l" d' t' g, v2 iLL: 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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# Z% z" c0 A/ c0 q9 O4 e+ TLH: 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. # x1 e# i8 ]9 ]
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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？ 4 k& Y8 a) {% x$ s
# e O' d& [9 s) L; iLL: 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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L9 X, A3 h* @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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) \; i' b( [6 WLL: 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。3 M7 ?: i# W2 ^& W
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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. ( R1 X3 ^6 b. \( M. S
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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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LH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？ & C, \: L/ |! ` 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！
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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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8 k# j# _- Q+ L+ S) w; L0 \4 ULH: 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？# I6 a8 x6 i) `, a
% _9 V* z: D7 w/ {- D) c, V7 C' bLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.
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7 \, @4 m& V- k) k. G% i, Y& O$ K, |2 |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？ " @3 Z+ h1 v, M! }+ m5 N/ c
/ U' Y4 g9 k3 S' d5 d9 [LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. : \+ t$ y8 r. L+ ?: `
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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。
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: K$ x! p0 U) {; o9 t5 QLL: I really don't pay any attention to the buzz about celebrities' personal lives. I'm just not interested in it. % I: B. o3 ^- n5 o& W2 V
6 s4 a7 w2 n) u/ r$ ]% 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。 * T1 P+ Z) I e
; O0 l% |" _( ~( ?/ e5 y0 hLL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much. % X: M/ N a' w2 F
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！ 1 o' ?" h: M+ B
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LL: That's right!
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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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