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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz : d( Q: z$ C A
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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. % \- _2 o, d: R
% L; s+ R; d& a0 ULH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？
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2 {5 J2 R3 k. {9 O1 SLL: 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......* Q. j$ ^1 d, ]7 v; ~% }# c- a
: e- w+ L$ ~& [( tLL：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？ : C* C3 ^* o9 t7 }7 h* Q+ H
: m- N: T; O2 fLL: 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. * `" U d& c [3 s: I' R+ Y/ a
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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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1 _! P m! e _4 J: `9 JLL: 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？ 9 ^2 e# T# ]) p# N
8 r! @- Y- x' L* PLL: 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？ % d) |4 u# v; W J; W' |8 v
1 A u7 I% _3 T, RLL: 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. ' T) S' s2 W3 A z
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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。& V+ g5 a! W0 ^
% u$ j2 p7 B6 `" ?" L' \$ p jLL: It's a long shot that my sister will come home to spend the vacation. She said she's going to Europe this summer. ; E+ E' ?' [. G7 S8 t0 Z
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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？ , Q6 P/ k. S6 F) e0 [
5 S- W: @& ?0 T; G1 ?9 FLL: 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. 3 \2 |: Q' E( Z3 N# n
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" A. n7 Y4 N" _LH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！ 7 `0 R- Z) Z+ T$ {% o& A7 r( I; T S
5 B- s. F1 z; N8 M! GLL: 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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! O- ~( Z+ m# t) g" l% L. m6 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？' g$ S# A" n& ?- i7 O8 W
7 h1 r0 ^, {' }- DLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. ; D% B0 L: y8 i& ^/ E, J# g# y
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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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' n- M F6 D: ULL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. 1 L. I6 j$ |$ @2 a, c
1 ~; K! H+ D6 E0 j, bLH: 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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! H2 a5 Y3 t- iLL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much. i$ ~$ u+ S7 q, ~: z3 U' a; ~5 E
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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5 g% ~( ~6 S& w4 j, A/ dLL: That's right! 0 n2 j& c( b/ E- ]% r: S) _
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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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