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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 ; i# s1 @. W$ S o, |: K, f& ~
3 z7 z+ A) E- q& BLarry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. 4 B- S( O1 i- _9 ^: g
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LH:Larry,我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀?
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3 @7 {# |9 {2 s1 q# _% N& w6 XLL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. ; ?, l1 Y% Y' q- C
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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......! P7 Z! I. o5 B( ~% o/ C$ F
1 ?/ S6 W3 n, k' I+ C% F6 L% `/ CLL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting!
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7 s+ u! i7 g- }0 s* z, E. z# yLH: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? " }2 R0 O* e5 Y! w( e! ~4 t
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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. 7 ^- K7 K' L, ~1 d% V
# i7 S' u% l+ Z. S; o1 l) ^( a5 pLH: 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. 6 b' d1 g" H0 @ Y
# o" p) t i, [/ iLH: 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? . f D/ J5 A4 r5 g% C1 x/ P% L
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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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& W6 o, P0 j# S$ a4 F. p1 gLH: 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? ( i. w- D( c" v" e' R d
9 r2 {% ~$ {$ H) i9 D! PLL: 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. - [. B( ~" f5 p n# Q/ k$ r; v
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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。6 }2 t, P6 t. {; u. ~
2 M! r, E |* Z+ ~) t3 JLL: 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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8 k! y5 s+ @0 k# I& @6 s8 Y- _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? 7 k9 J& M/ F p* U
& d; i8 W5 r7 g) ?' ~* e$ _& WLL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
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6 c8 c: I" {$ F s6 N3 qLH: 那么,要不要带件毛衣呀? 3 A" e$ p$ T1 m5 l
% W' z/ n0 g9 W$ t OLL:You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.
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& ]" M; g: K* o. WLH: Larry,你准备好了吗?我们该出发了! 4 g8 _0 [2 x# k
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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.
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( {$ h9 p0 c- _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" D8 ~/ b/ d, D* } O) ~% jLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. . Q- r7 V" E* M- w
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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?
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" X; {9 u4 L, _1 P4 v6 ALL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.
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2 [& j- \% U" y/ i, F) [' pLH: 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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, z, x0 L/ Z0 ~- D8 kLH: 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。 * u9 z5 s k3 X7 ]
6 Y7 d. |2 ~; ]8 [4 [ n2 [* _LL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much. + b4 q3 }2 V: N, ]* @+ r
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! * P# Q6 ~8 _% ~# z* T
0 g$ s! z/ R% I$ d% ^' `( y# ?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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