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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz # ]: c. O7 ^' @6 l) [
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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. : _, K5 w/ d( g" M
7 M% U6 F7 H; r3 ~& a! VLH:Larry,我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀?0 ]/ N m9 |: s% `# p( m
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LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.
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2 R8 ~3 _' H& b5 I `2 v ]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 a$ X: t# m# `3 R# ]4 U
/ T) v6 m( o* a5 aLL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting!
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LH: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? 3 }8 s7 G- {3 c
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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?
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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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/ y6 P, k" m! A& ]/ _ uLH: 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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' p& _ H& U, a0 n9 m# [4 VLL: 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. 2 a) ^3 \) W" R/ d$ W
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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? ' X( c+ t0 e' f) H
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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. 9 B$ m$ D! o3 G+ q4 w7 p+ i
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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。5 k6 B4 X, Z0 B/ ]& V
3 s1 C, u5 D1 |2 l, o& |0 P: ~1 |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. ; B6 X8 ^+ O* Y( o. w
6 u. k3 I+ H( G7 I8 ?! B! kLH: 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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! U7 V2 S( |1 z% I0 SLL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
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( D0 w$ M6 M8 ], T" v8 gLH: 那么,要不要带件毛衣呀? * L! y! `( A5 S& r! n2 ~, o
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LL:You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. & M& A2 j {# {' R; |/ d
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% o& z: X |8 P& e2 ~; ^LH: Larry,你准备好了吗?我们该出发了!
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/ R8 O t2 {. H- v% Q' s4 \9 {1 s5 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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1 V8 z7 P# G. E5 m. q" D) ]) lLH: 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?1 l' l* i2 a# o& _& n: F$ [
+ [- a1 a4 W( k$ o5 {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?
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; A! O# j: m M' l. ZLL: 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。 4 Q h; m) v) R
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LL: I really don't pay any attention to the buzz about celebrities' personal lives. I'm just not interested in it. 1 w8 d* u* G8 @" p' U+ A
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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。 3 R$ @( N! E" ?# w8 I, w: a
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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. . J2 ^: k0 G& A, A- a# U
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! : V+ u' y# D7 D! y* ^- {+ \
) }* Q. b, r# o) U. |LL: 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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