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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz " ~- R K! [' ?! Q
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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 t! y2 F' @; P ?: d- H2 z
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LH:Larry,我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀?
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LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. " H. B8 L7 a4 e% T1 E+ ?
2 |! _* }3 E* p+ w3 A( r2 ^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......
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LL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting! % V2 I1 j! X i3 C* ]1 H0 o
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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? ! y" m: b* |& F2 A+ p; {& W9 y! Y
7 }. h) _" Q' V6 M- n6 ELL: 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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+ t X u4 L5 _+ i) ^7 \9 BLH: 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?
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7 T1 Y+ h2 Y o6 G$ w$ GLL: 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. * B* O+ j l8 ?3 |+ S: l
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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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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. 4 j0 F+ D" j2 }% J
. X& z& {! s# K7 uLH: 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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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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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? 0 K. T# h I- r2 j6 [
2 d. Q" x3 Y; r- g; F6 @" P; iLL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit. 7 q* Q% O9 }5 T
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LH: 那么,要不要带件毛衣呀?
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0 r+ a5 L2 x. s6 Q+ R* t+ T7 a; v9 OLL:You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. 8 c! M. E" Y* r G1 y" l, m
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& V1 k' Y7 C& N5 G- f: PLH: Larry,你准备好了吗?我们该出发了!
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( w/ z+ [/ y. \" c* M* c. Y, wLL: 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. " ^, }$ _) ~0 o6 x9 T. w
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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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LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.
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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.
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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.
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LL: That's right! ; _& V y0 Y: p A
y# R2 E# {+ N, [* Y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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