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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz
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4 V i: m, |& S0 T, f% K来源: 作者: 发布时间:1970-01-02
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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. $ t J/ g% g% M( d0 g) U
% M n1 X1 T6 i) oLH: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....../ q: R( @) `& j7 ~$ y& i- S
1 K" y$ P6 L* D7 W% r$ pLL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting!
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- ^$ s+ w& v# 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? 5 ?0 \1 |* {% F% ]- W3 }
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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. # L" H, c% R5 L( p5 D4 O; [
7 }& |" S- \0 s: YLH: 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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) @2 ]6 c! ?& i! YLL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations. - y! S# m$ J4 C* }2 F
; W/ J$ h; F9 ~4 t9 R$ KLH: 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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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?
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W( m; F! `5 SLL: 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. ' i! N5 z; L. d5 c9 C
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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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2 I# L& M! u# pLL: 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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+ N# p- y8 r, `0 Q$ D# TLH: 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? # F; J* T5 J( `" H
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LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
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. Y7 o9 O# W. oLH: 那么,要不要带件毛衣呀? & x3 }- i1 l, O
2 r( l2 b/ F& t, y( HLL:You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.
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! g0 _, }+ q* FLH: Larry,你准备好了吗?我们该出发了!
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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. 7 I0 R& `' M0 _) L0 S8 V
+ l; L% C# H7 ~/ \# sLH: 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?; ?" L/ N0 H7 d, f! \' S
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LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. . c1 m9 X! K& u0 M7 k7 X
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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? 7 T; [: Y A0 f4 s! j7 K
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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。
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/ v% {7 `" H; A! I2 \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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) h7 Z* `& I& u* e9 @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。 & W6 T4 u/ N/ I- }
+ W% I, y! H+ GLL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much. 5 W# W" b% K# B" q% Y& B
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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LL: That's right! ' e c4 P; t- V' e& z! x
P* }$ O( ?: D& x+ H; t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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