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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz
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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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0 p* G5 ]0 }2 S" Y- ?LH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？, z5 q9 x1 ~- E# B4 T
2 i& M, r% x) uLL: 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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LL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting! 6 c) Z: d: T2 `, F' M5 ^
* b* G6 J L; n' e# z4 J+ eLH：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？ $ x* S/ _7 W3 c/ p/ s2 D; c2 C
" X4 q# Q; c7 |2 y QLL: 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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' P& h# O1 v2 ^+ jLH: 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？ : @( @6 s; z0 ?. W/ E; ~/ i8 n7 o
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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. 7 y0 {& ?9 P( R1 D9 D
7 W+ z: q) ?( b! Q* fLH: 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？ % k' l2 G, A7 A. S* B% a, i
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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- Z: V: o9 k* i8 o
+ C- n8 J z; n. a7 G9 F! 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？ ( t P) X% n8 u. t
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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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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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7 z9 b5 @8 A0 `& K4 M$ ULL: It's a long shot that my sister will come home to spend the vacation. She said she's going to Europe this summer. ) W5 [4 U/ e; a1 \
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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？ 5 F8 O7 A- j; j! V* b. N7 T
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6 g/ a p, v, L) B! m& gLH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？ + @& y; l, U0 B4 S7 Z
" C$ _7 U* A, \4 Q. X* wLL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. $ l, g0 D* d) K& e( k9 z
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LH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！ ) m8 o* U/ U' e
$ A$ D" }# @# 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. ; z: G% M0 n3 b' n
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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？$ S4 W3 b+ e8 P; Q9 D! ?4 B
8 d7 V; @6 q4 i) Q1 F6 hLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. 6 d# E: @& O! G4 C% {% M0 p2 K
& I1 X9 n; A) t O" Y% TLH: 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. p8 O+ }1 K; K; M* b
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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。 9 ?9 E- s) j& }8 _8 K: Q
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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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1 q6 ]( H7 ~) ]& E+ l$ xLH: 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。 & Q3 S6 T6 L+ z6 u4 r& t- p$ s. Q
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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. # Z' o" {& M% ^: k
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！ # ]5 j% z( t" J
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LL: That's right! 8 n* l* C, X0 T! F4 p
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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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