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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz % p& ^* k! W9 G9 Z0 L
$ ]9 K% D/ u& \3 B3 |* @8 J. A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. , ~# Z6 R3 I5 @/ B8 e: O
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LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.
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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......* G9 S. D1 |/ y7 ^6 H+ \1 _ y
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LL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting! ' Z! A! g5 K( ], }# Q
5 g# |* g# ?' k2 qLH: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? ; X7 o8 D( b3 @7 [2 p) j& I
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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. ( N# t, B/ t# a) f3 |# m' S
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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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2 }+ N- N+ p: q1 i$ o1 \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? # Z% p; U$ N6 ?6 F( P* r0 ]0 K
) c1 {7 ~! a% t6 s1 KLL: 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. + |0 ~! A) S6 L- H, `! v- a- ^
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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? ! E* O" x$ `6 G5 k
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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. : f% [3 ]( T/ r5 e( k1 b
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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。9 y% h1 Z& {5 _3 O2 R
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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. ) L P" i' b# G. b8 q! J
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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? . ^8 \9 p: P5 y* B' d, n
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& o0 v5 K# C) |( }LH: 那么,要不要带件毛衣呀? / U3 M9 k: L8 C0 Z, t" n
, p7 `* `0 z/ A8 z, 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! : q- M" a4 _1 H _7 W1 c, t' I
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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. ( l8 P- ~6 _' {$ K3 }
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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?0 s: x8 ]5 ^5 C E
4 X3 a9 K; x; W2 n) G9 M- \- mLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.
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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? 1 s0 A" z. a7 q% Q2 J# R: P
, o4 O* P6 K1 h8 W( }. Y' I3 a# d" mLL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. " `! g+ k6 B3 O8 l/ V
7 H. E8 P V6 S" m/ }; s+ hLH: 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。 & i4 x. e I }6 B: f; P5 x
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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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# x4 _; P8 s! r- `/ L2 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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`3 v7 [* Y8 t* S ?+ W! hLL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much. % W$ W0 F' \. Q7 p# T; E* S4 @% f+ P
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! 7 G1 J0 z9 h% F+ U8 w
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LL: That's right! 5 k/ i; P# e1 q% C0 c E, @
7 r" E2 m' c( z/ p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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