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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 / _+ r& B# V- M: K7 c2 E# E
& V4 _& h7 r$ |% K7 r( r; d1 |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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; h2 o1 e- Y0 d, H4 V0 @9 sLH: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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LL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting! 8 [7 S6 J" A# [4 r
4 M$ J; H( C H7 \7 R1 xLH: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? 4 o. U# K$ I: m: F2 H
* V4 J& [' J+ e! q/ J9 D* s# ~; M4 [3 eLL: 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? : U% W% N) }4 j- F
: |7 _7 O& C+ `5 A3 l9 e, \4 oLL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations. ! l; }0 s6 `* z4 D9 a
' J& y( k; {& z! {+ ~9 ZLH: 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? 6 g& f+ ]- v7 _0 f. c! ~
0 B: @; m& m% w: \2 T" NLL: 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. 6 U, E5 U: d6 U
6 H6 G6 I6 h9 T$ V4 MLH: 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? 3 L7 F7 {: l8 j; l/ |
& H4 L# F* A3 Y' t) ^: F& o5 h; hLL: 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. 9 \9 k4 S0 R1 e- r+ k
1 i D3 @$ x% a" YLH: 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。7 H5 F$ A2 h# h9 ^2 v# W, b
7 }/ I6 S, b) p8 yLL: It's a long shot that my sister will come home to spend the vacation. She said she's going to Europe this summer. ; p0 n7 e2 q1 e6 Z% o
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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?
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LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
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LH: 那么,要不要带件毛衣呀? ) u/ P$ D; `6 T5 A+ X
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LL:You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. 9 I! U3 {3 k/ F. I0 B
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LH: Larry,你准备好了吗?我们该出发了! 4 @ m# p* _' ~& A) B) `
+ C6 L& Z( K: @* W7 p2 y" BLL: 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.
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5 X x) ~1 n" l$ yLH: 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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2 w% G4 C$ F/ _LL: 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? % c# A6 a3 L: }! s* F3 P
2 L) r) l, i l- i& I( j; MLL: 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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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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5 W4 ]% j- ~' @3 @3 f. C3 lLL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much. , u/ f) w, o' Q
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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( f- Z6 @4 Z- w( T& o8 S& b% m) a% d8 E% pLL: 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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