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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz 9 `' O) s y! j$ v# }. {% x$ ^1 a
$ u8 I1 h9 X) u2 K8 w' O来源: 作者: 发布时间:1970-01-02 + V2 e: g# u: }" R' u9 |0 d) l5 ?
' j- @/ ^8 X% m4 M- 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.
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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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LL: 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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4 |9 J4 f+ t) tLL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting! 1 e7 a% }( e A7 [9 h; `: b) X0 ~& h
/ T( B3 z8 k5 A. z0 O4 KLH: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? $ V! C, [; m# z; 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. 7 r9 j6 i9 F" z1 I
' G& C" ^8 J$ }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? 9 c( A, o- @$ Y; J
+ i9 ?. C9 ~0 {/ l# W6 t. JLL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations. ; a2 S% J' n6 |4 {/ D, w6 `
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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? 1 i. i# b+ ^! p+ k3 v
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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. . b) s/ _: N; v7 U! T9 H
3 F& H6 l5 E. x! x% zLH: 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? , A+ E7 Q l" V+ }
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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. - c$ J8 j `! F: u, ]. J
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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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8 p2 O, \ H! \5 T0 g3 VLH: 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. : D1 O/ J l# n
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LL:You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. 7 I" J/ `" f: j* b% X, h6 h& ?+ z$ A
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/ O; _" F+ d5 b" ELH: Larry,你准备好了吗?我们该出发了! 6 s1 q' U, T( G( h- P3 m
$ Q/ J9 R3 ] J8 c O2 V0 W$ SLL: 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. 8 ^8 N, u/ E) P5 G ~0 D8 I
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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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/ H0 Q0 \; _% P8 ILL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.
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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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LL: 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。 & S( c0 ~7 C2 B! x5 M
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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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7 P' [+ t: @5 _. KLL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much. 4 l: s6 S2 N8 M9 C( 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!
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6 s( B8 `0 a1 b% t7 J$ v: u |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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