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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz * c- N, J% M* a
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) x$ r$ j. O8 ]' h1 i* {" VLarry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. 9 g8 n5 r6 ~, q9 @2 L! E1 j
+ d; A8 O; |& U: q( LLH: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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. t; K( A9 `# }2 i4 u4 z. KLH: 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......; Y4 g, @7 }- O0 e+ w2 L9 O5 \
, Q2 `$ O7 j+ u3 G* JLL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting! # g7 Y( J* n7 N9 G) C4 \
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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?
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0 d U. b. m" i1 R% M4 t' fLL: 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. 8 W( _1 B, H2 C; v" v3 Y8 ~
2 k" |4 z/ |, w( M4 t2 d+ u$ u1 VLH: 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. " [/ E9 `' C3 m
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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? / Z, m, w/ u/ _8 A
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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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: Q7 W" y. b& W3 y0 D8 F6 VLH: 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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* A; }/ U3 R0 v( @+ `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. 7 j& Z9 M# q' i. y
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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。$ B' T# Z3 g! Y- n2 Q" r% g D& D1 w
, b: |, o) r' u, DLL: 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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9 W/ u, t2 S. D: l' e7 nLH: 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? 4 Z# ?8 [ I( y' S, x4 j
0 R. V; @4 l# z: a7 ^* t) fLL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit. " P3 y4 I: |/ J
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LH: 那么,要不要带件毛衣呀? $ O* W( @: j8 e3 j3 M: P
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LL:You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. ; a6 |6 }) J. N
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/ q3 {1 D4 T* _: n7 rLH: Larry,你准备好了吗?我们该出发了!
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0 r' p; X; [7 ]! B3 y" xLL: 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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a& Q; b0 J/ v6 u W# ZLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. , y, h! B, v7 M& Q2 N. M) c
8 A7 Q# H2 e3 B! c$ f; n$ FLH: 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. . y, }$ ]: n! w( i3 T0 }
4 F( h5 L& Z2 }, QLH: 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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s' O0 I8 B+ k' K" K% x4 q& G; 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。 9 x: v# _: p4 l2 w4 R$ d _
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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. : ]# }! U5 d- m ]/ J
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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6 r- W( z) J+ N M/ |+ H6 C6 i$ [LL: That's right! 5 h* W# [/ `- v/ O
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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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