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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz 4 n$ p% P: h) L4 l
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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.
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LH:Larry,我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀?) ^% _$ r" X+ I/ K \. w
# s6 q; V& _7 Z) e8 y; wLL: 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......
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: \) p* c/ k) h* kLL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting! N& N% `) h4 p( N: L
# C4 O, Y0 }9 \4 H1 jLH: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. h5 W2 I* X; l3 m3 f
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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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+ [. P* Z: a- C; ~. PLL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations.
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6 x5 P, Z8 Y% ], M# LLH: 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? ! B* q* z6 r9 }" m/ I7 _
7 Q: O- A+ U) k4 B+ f! m! S# TLL: 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. 1 h, |; M0 x8 H4 ?
6 h+ b* e5 L( U# v f/ O' U OLH: 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? * p W- N$ F X z. d4 F
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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.
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5 x; |4 F0 [( z( H; YLH: 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 M4 [5 k+ V# h0 [' x* B4 m& D
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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. . G7 g0 @7 i. B; E
! | F, Y, b- r' T* SLH: 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? % _; B5 d* t8 E" f& g' u
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LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
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3 b7 r9 A: Q. e% gLH: 那么,要不要带件毛衣呀?
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. v' @' s% W" N& u4 f& ]0 oLL: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! x2 o6 f# u P; S% I) O$ e
' Q3 N+ k8 Q- q" U7 d" O e( q6 K$ m9 fLL: 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. ( I- \7 L1 i7 W9 ^; ~
) e# l( j+ ^$ o9 Q1 s8 cLH: 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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LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. 7 k* V \9 }9 n7 j& X4 [2 F, \/ M
5 q. B( j5 |& L% k5 x9 K8 L3 MLH: 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? ( D1 C% F' V }. \6 v* ?5 M
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LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.
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3 \2 y- C0 `$ N" g$ kLH: 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。 $ m$ t# i( L- g
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1 ~& A) T9 s7 j9 y9 g% L( ?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。 7 g, X" b$ Z) v# w5 R
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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.
9 E! T _- q; a; I# s: X( n6 @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! , F+ Y, e1 t: Z" @7 E6 p
8 h2 t0 Y# {$ u9 @/ Z7 vLL: That's right! ( u& a1 H+ o" e) ~# R& T- ?2 N
& H2 _$ Y( S3 q3 s3 X! h1 j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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