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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz , s5 K+ C4 Y) i+ d& ]
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, b$ u+ c8 g+ @, \+ t' ^ G 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. m! J2 \/ I) P/ i) G5 O
9 O! _4 }- w& J2 J3 G) gLH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？! b5 r& l S% v- p. v
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LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. ' _3 ]* j% e+ R; O2 D; O
6 O& d! z2 O, s+ ~# Q3 |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......4 D! m+ x/ O8 ]
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LL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting! 3 n1 p4 b5 X7 ]" t/ y3 ?
0 z) k6 h% {& M2 ~. u0 gLH：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？ $ O7 @5 s4 q5 O, A, H1 c
/ _+ n; T0 J) ^% F0 @, NLL: 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. * ~4 G0 D" {& Y$ W: B
7 c0 e! P2 U# W7 U$ A( zLH: 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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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？ " w1 M& C+ f" J+ }
, d) M: ` u0 ELL: 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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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. ) W8 G% m- V3 z4 F% [' T+ Z
% O% _) |' B1 q6 u% l5 p( ?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 J7 d/ B W4 o1 D0 TLL: It's a long shot that my sister will come home to spend the vacation. She said she's going to Europe this summer. , Y" ]4 [: U: i# V
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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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) ?" v' m6 _; h0 g. U* b9 hLL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit. 9 d& e/ V2 t: V
4 O/ E9 C$ `. zLH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？
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( m; B8 x6 f9 JLL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. # j+ B/ _) G( R: e6 `9 [
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LH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！ - i; L5 k9 T5 x4 L [
0 x5 I* N! H) B" Y& d }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.
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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？
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LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.
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; N# l8 I4 a+ h: q, a: u4 \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？ 8 ?6 h: l( T3 ?4 q. E% J
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LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. * ^5 i& q* a. z( a/ O4 E0 q) g5 C
. |: |+ G$ k. \; n+ _) r9 q6 q4 \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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- W3 X0 z) i, X9 \LL: I really don't pay any attention to the buzz about celebrities' personal lives. I'm just not interested in it. 6 N# G9 l9 ]) i+ u
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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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" g+ C! o, W' O; j- _. mLL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much. - ^$ S+ s# M9 r$ d
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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0 a; s' H" s9 w; d! [% q9 DLL: That's right! ; d) [ j' E$ h5 a+ x0 c
2 E. Q8 v' i; F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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