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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz ' c4 x! h# D: j( k3 `; O
3 T0 i* P. C$ s, n, l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. 9 i- n% S; ]# ?* t4 r8 H- J
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LH:Larry,我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀?# M% z/ o8 }/ P
' j6 R+ b: C" n# m' W \LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. 6 k2 b# ^/ L1 T t, B7 o# Y
( G! ]- b6 M# x! o5 i1 z1 ILH: 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......+ q/ V7 v' I' w5 H w$ Z! l3 n5 y+ b
' S# u* a$ G5 l( A- p0 {- t: kLL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting! 0 ~9 B% d, @% J) R
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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? + r6 ^5 ^9 I6 ?( ~+ o( ?
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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. : G6 N. u( a4 p- o+ I$ r
' a" ^/ B# X% v' j; h! Y. u' tLH: 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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. {2 K2 b8 o- SLL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations. - h" [) o/ y6 y
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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?
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$ d" q! ]) Y4 p" iLL: 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. & W+ w, X4 t' {4 a. z
, ~% k* O/ p$ q8 |; fLH: 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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" t' o6 P* ~/ L' R# f4 f# tLL: 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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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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' ?. A+ S) F. D& p2 o. J8 ?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.
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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?
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LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
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$ n. d a$ R- B) z8 D8 |7 E9 mLH: 那么,要不要带件毛衣呀?
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% u" |2 Y4 \: rLL: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! , x0 r' c# i! p8 W0 E
4 B" N" w! n6 d+ e3 yLL: 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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8 K; z! t5 b u7 P9 N8 B( RLH: 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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! J: d5 y' j# R5 P4 xLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. 1 X8 b7 o' Y# n9 [3 @
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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? 4 I# N( P, _! W! P) Z
0 _% a" v/ x8 f/ e+ M# }LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. 0 Q8 O* a. Z# O, W# I' l( |) X
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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。
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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. $ w; a# K- Z. q! n! Z: c
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! 2 ?4 L# j/ M: f$ M0 p0 o+ A
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LL: That's right!
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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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