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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz , E+ Q6 `+ w. ]! ?8 u0 J
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来源: 作者: 发布时间:1970-01-02 ; {, R& k* {1 ^3 ~. G
0 o1 k% [# x7 M; v M( gLarry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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: W9 t: `1 i1 _1 |; [7 F# ZLH:Larry,我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀?
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' \5 @- d. F$ kLL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. / v/ T+ E* n: l+ {! U; J# ]
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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!
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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? 3 f d. i* K8 w0 o) [! I9 {- }
) c- _% s: v" B9 pLL: 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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, ]/ T! l- J+ MLH: 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. ; q- o8 _+ `: G* W/ H
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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? ' R" Y# b _( D% z# L, E+ 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.
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- R2 O2 l& n) G, n# dLH: 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? " q0 z3 [1 \2 C8 ~7 Z) N
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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. , e, m; [0 A5 i8 h" h
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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. ! G& b1 Y, p- e; S* R5 x
. n# r1 s5 X4 n. P4 J p$ XLH: 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? % |5 z$ ?4 h4 j$ O8 U+ V
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LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit. & n M1 Q5 @5 Y4 r
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LH: 那么,要不要带件毛衣呀? 2 }: {, g# J5 z* ^
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LL:You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. ' q, \! E! d$ ^* M* F6 r' B i4 c( B
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LH: Larry,你准备好了吗?我们该出发了!
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2 c. t6 B# ]) f) p" _' h/ HLL: 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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5 o+ ^2 S0 r2 j: B1 w! yLH: 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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9 s' d6 k4 f Y/ x0 \& q- p jLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. + U6 O Y) E! X5 R' I( a
5 g5 l7 C9 C& \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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LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. 8 N( v$ t0 J$ e- X4 \5 w, M
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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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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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LH: 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。 / g9 }2 d2 S5 J. I( c x- q& ]/ g6 ?
" \$ {* l# P1 u( wLL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much. 7 G0 z. |% {. E, W6 t; X
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!
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- M* p) Z T: l7 E9 ^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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