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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz
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7 z0 ^3 H& W2 f& X# J, u来源: 作者: 发布时间:1970-01-02
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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. 4 s. k- \( Z1 P' V$ ]6 n
1 l5 H8 t! \$ ]% b5 O0 K* tLH:Larry,我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀?# d7 l6 |, U4 A0 v1 q, ~
; C# q8 e' X/ h/ s OLL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. * B8 _& t/ Z- v) f
2 b- T t1 b8 a: q8 r& n( `0 kLH: 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! , x- H1 W, I: k! \/ K6 W
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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? [; l0 a0 w5 U! D1 ?0 g8 g
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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. & K9 P& K8 {8 X S9 \& x; q6 y' D
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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? 4 [# c/ o; L$ [6 Y' j. }
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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?
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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. : C( J2 I" z4 }
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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?
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1 S, l$ k! Z. V* {3 [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.
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! k, V0 s; S9 ?0 y$ H. jLH: 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 w# _" i/ \# F0 M
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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. 3 j$ a. p' i7 P9 N
1 ?2 V! J' S# R" O8 Z& o* qLH: 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? 9 p) ~1 s; j1 ], v6 _1 F
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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.
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7 \# d# m4 y/ g [/ {" wLH: Larry,你准备好了吗?我们该出发了!
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' `3 a1 `& P5 X; S1 eLL: 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. 4 n3 O% `" L( X9 O
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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?! O9 m; D' l; H( h+ i( N
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LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. 3 L& h7 j7 p {0 X
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6 q' W- s. f$ d y0 w1 eLL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.
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, @0 [8 C6 c0 ~3 hLH: 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。 9 ^& @! X) ~6 q* t7 e
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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. % f5 s+ O( p# Y1 ], l7 p' N7 Z
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! + L0 T+ m/ v7 _* ^+ l
; J3 X: l+ S, \9 ?, t8 bLL: 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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