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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
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5 A& c' c+ V8 D8 MLarry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. 6 j4 \: A+ J+ c/ M' w z2 i
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LH:Larry,我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀?! }- s b) q% _+ t( ?! Q! }, ]
4 O; ]& \8 M+ m; r/ i0 l* yLL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. 6 B0 Y5 Z q. b ? N1 A
l) b+ s4 @- g2 y) xLH: 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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5 _6 U; `, J( E1 A5 u' VLL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting!
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. x: Y% _# d$ E( o) h5 L0 QLH: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?
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" ?5 p/ I: m) u! T# g( sLL: 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. 1 U: y. s* Q+ X3 P k, E
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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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) I" E" C, E) N7 w' U: W) hLL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations. * C- h0 c, b" Z5 F; U; f. o
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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? + a! G6 l9 F/ |& n
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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. . z8 y, O8 C9 q9 C4 j$ d
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LH: 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? ( r* b( X' P" x$ r! U4 g
5 q! x- Y p, k( u1 Z2 ?+ N* RLL: 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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2 E8 v- d+ b D% U+ Y' rLH: 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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; S- ?/ K# u; |% ~1 w& ?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? " s; G0 c. @# Z- \) h0 [
0 l) l$ S/ M, ~, S& q1 O) p+ zLL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit. ' Z/ G( P5 ~$ ]/ R/ x
8 J7 ^, G. H( {1 P- z; }LH: 那么,要不要带件毛衣呀? 9 Y7 t! ~! y9 {! c
/ p8 P W; z6 `) P3 f+ M) S) Z+ iLL:You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. ; [& I; w% _9 J4 Q1 }% Q U& `
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LH: Larry,你准备好了吗?我们该出发了!
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4 K2 m. C0 n9 CLL: 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. 3 Y/ _& K6 B) S) L! F
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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?* p1 y, K D0 S
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LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. % L0 E( e2 | d+ Q
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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. ( r; E( S8 r$ ~4 T" I, ^: P
; c0 h2 G) w2 L* mLH: 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。 $ f( b4 M) Z$ e" X: N
( r l1 \; I1 `/ X- v% w l0 k; j% WLL: I really don't pay any attention to the buzz about celebrities' personal lives. I'm just not interested in it. 3 m! f4 t3 R+ ?& F: a; T
# I- E/ X8 R" a1 l% bLH: 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.
3 l( t& r3 a ?9 jLH: 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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LL: That's right!
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, F* B8 W/ y4 |" D$ \9 v+ u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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