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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz " e. t: b- y; M1 e8 ? Z+ Q
# O+ O' k4 R$ D% t7 |+ F来源: 作者: 发布时间:1970-01-02
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) i! ^4 W' _, r2 TLarry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. " {# ^" a: {) ]) O
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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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5 D. x# Q2 U2 zLH: 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! - w# X9 ^. `% s3 T
5 Z/ F! {0 r* H0 ^) rLH: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? 1 F5 {0 Z5 O( f! _: d5 ~& {; w
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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.
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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? : Y) l' v- w; {( }7 [$ z6 q
' P! ^0 a. K* s2 ^LL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations.
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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?
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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. 3 c" b4 e7 s) R) q' x$ ], T
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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? " c1 \8 b* \2 P, l
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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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6 s' M( O* T$ f8 @. v* XLH: 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。9 V4 J9 G5 E0 T! r. I( |% j7 h. J
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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. 6 m- s' W w4 I3 F' Y7 t
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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? 4 N: u4 x ~6 A3 M
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" H! K$ G1 F5 H9 C" z. b/ uLH: 那么,要不要带件毛衣呀? + K8 o: w+ f t# P* [
$ s. b0 w. S* J% u9 Q% s9 q5 XLL:You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.
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LH: 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. W/ }$ ~1 q6 e6 ]
6 F7 n; W) d1 J I' b, K: ~$ w: mLH: 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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LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. # u' s" v* J `1 L3 W% ]. H
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LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. 0 O; w2 I; y# s% C
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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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- n+ t& m# x- i, vLH: 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.
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0 r" p9 X9 t* |3 m. k3 d8 S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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