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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 8 w7 W8 N+ e% ^8 u2 E0 o& M
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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. 7 V. F7 Z3 Q/ U, N
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LH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？, M2 }/ v% |" k- G; N
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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......- x% N7 {! ]4 O* ]8 {9 |
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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？ R$ z; P5 b' ^
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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. % ?$ J/ D& z8 }! y; `$ R/ x
0 G$ ^( J1 j2 I JLH: 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？ # r3 ]% k: W2 r9 N/ C; e; u" G
$ A9 o8 ^9 V. {% M6 P2 `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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0 c; g1 t* F2 _3 S( z" jLH: 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？ 2 U! |0 O7 o% `) M8 u6 K$ y
& t. p. d1 {4 \3 @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？ ) H* c& `3 y! W* G% a
) J2 r; _- r, n5 ~7 {8 ~. v: oLL: 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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( @- R, E1 J8 h7 KLH: 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。, A7 u0 P2 W/ P2 d, ^% J' A. L
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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.
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k) b- @% ~! V7 v- XLH: 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？
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LL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. 5 @: h! K: @6 d( C" [
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LH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！ - c% d/ j k$ m
6 a+ V- {3 a0 G6 q0 dLL: 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. 9 H4 ?( S6 g2 c; h+ s
6 Y+ {- F3 }$ g; e3 E6 L9 C1 kLH: 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？3 d9 p1 ]5 f& {6 A* T' S" v! w
" E: f$ I$ B. X8 {5 C# m/ nLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.
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LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. ! ]1 X. ]3 J" \
; `$ G9 i4 @: w; M; ?; mLH: 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。 6 t" P: @2 H( D, v+ G* F
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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. 8 K0 l9 r' n6 y l8 W
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! . T9 L8 z7 l5 A' X) c$ T
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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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