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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz
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来源： 作者： 发布时间：1970-01-02 1 r* v, u' i" e
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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？3 z5 J e2 M( e
: Q1 f3 a. G# X3 I) T0 uLL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. * n- z: c; f. Y1 A+ ]
" Z8 Z5 @! b! n+ r3 NLH: 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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9 O9 @1 Y: c' d: \LL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting!
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& i9 U: v/ {! j2 sLH：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？ ) Q2 F* ?4 g! u+ }! u" P5 I
# z0 n3 p, e# ]& D) K, ?5 _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？
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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. * E8 [2 Z A8 o' K! H. V
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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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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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* M% N9 h# T7 M0 K" u- pLH: 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？ 2 i* a( j( R4 M, G
5 y$ S% S7 K3 h- c. xLL: 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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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？ & k% E2 ]& i& t" S( z
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LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit. g+ {) c2 O9 j }! p5 _8 u) r
( B9 F7 `; j$ C5 w1 _" ^- ZLH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？ 3 E; y; H* \1 v' I3 e# @) G
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LL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. ( G9 w$ x7 N" k- l3 {
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9 R0 ?' F0 Z$ T% J. RLH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！ 5 D7 w: g( G/ {+ C
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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. 9 k3 O1 R- g3 {. H7 H/ I6 W* d
8 g7 S9 t* {+ j3 \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？6 c. Q9 m* A g3 j
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LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. , |4 g! K% K1 w. `. r
( i- ^- x+ Y. {2 DLH: 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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' ~, e9 P% S# w! VLL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.
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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。 ! E3 N7 @- W# T7 j
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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. * r$ f0 S5 i4 i
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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。 ) d' u* A; l5 F
, \5 |2 M7 l: D+ l2 o+ q& Q; T9 GLL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much.
5 @. V# W j0 I3 h, k: X% j' gLH: 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 ], }9 H* u O
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LL: That's right!
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/ \+ Y3 f9 Z3 W5 `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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