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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz ; _# g7 p' t B/ a
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来源： 作者： 发布时间：1970-01-02 2 s6 |- f; }) {: 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.
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LH：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.
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" h* t! d$ i; b! m- N8 Z; q9 L8 qLH: 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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( ?/ i& @: h* `; S6 l9 I! v" M5 VLL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting! , R3 J" U" ~8 ?1 a; J
" N- s8 Y& y |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？
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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？ `3 q: B7 }8 \! x
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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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5 v7 R) n( D& }/ Z5 uLH: 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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4 ^4 l: T* R8 P) S) n) ?6 u, NLL: 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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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？ 4 k' Z1 W |5 S( D' Z2 X
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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. # K- u) V: I3 \) {$ G; n' j
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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。
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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. & q. I. P* N. X+ E+ F
* F2 l1 e7 [& e0 W+ bLH: 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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LH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？
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1 z$ r+ C0 d3 Q0 c8 T8 u6 _LL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.
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! E8 }1 N/ |4 Q" {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. - X y) X' t0 S! `0 C) R
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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？/ e D) n& r. w5 D5 a9 Z
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LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. 7 W2 C6 k1 Z% t6 s3 s0 P) k- l, M
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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？
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" Z% [# a) M( b" Y6 FLL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. % L% f/ l" i0 \! y# U
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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。 / p4 ?" g# G* Y# ]2 [' s7 V' p: c
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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. , s; [' e( \/ l' R, W
. h4 s) V4 E# m6 u9 N' b9 c$ D' KLH: 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。 6 x/ E1 _0 |+ r8 ]; |: L# d+ ]- k
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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. $ O! ` Y3 m9 `" Y+ z8 z v1 o
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！ P+ d7 L: \* x9 W. H
$ m1 m J. v% K( r& ]% sLL: That's right! - Q; X2 j8 \! O2 T, G
1 W3 [! t4 U8 {8 e3 O/ N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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