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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz 2 t& M/ Y1 o( d
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来源： 作者： 发布时间：1970-01-02 7 ^ r/ u" I" o
) M: C0 _( D8 \! Q* yLarry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.
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2 |5 G1 f8 D/ O) f; RLH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？2 q( `( b5 n( d4 n# q, B: P" W/ b
P0 t' y" t% C" p/ FLL: 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......! }$ Q4 h) d& `7 _$ W. B
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LL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting!
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* ]- @/ X& k7 r7 O% K9 |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 b2 W: m8 B. T* p
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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. 0 [4 G7 T7 Q) P4 M8 L8 c
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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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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？ / @' |8 D' R$ Q- G" `
$ u z! j5 F7 hLL: 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. + Y* w% t* Q$ U) D& W; c
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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.
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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。8 x3 d" h- M8 j8 E8 _
" M ]1 w. Z+ E5 XLL: 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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: h4 {9 L8 F {0 }* d& \2 sLH: 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？ : g: M' ]: X) w: t2 q
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LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit. / H7 F0 q- _# t6 {3 r/ m4 f
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LH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？ 8 T9 ] i4 d8 \$ I
. R: K$ M5 _& |& ]- {LL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. & }( Z; x! w% a9 Y! I/ T! _
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LH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！ ( V. c: r2 ^: p( y
) C" ^7 {) K( ]0 y: D& ?LL: 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. 8 }: k, F: Z N+ b/ F
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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？ O4 G$ i0 C* ^- d
7 n" j9 ~+ G" I1 C* rLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. Z# }5 a O1 c/ G
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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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" d3 u: b+ I$ r3 m# C1 r4 O$ ILL: 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。
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1 d5 ?7 I9 k# a0 ]4 H6 sLL: I really don't pay any attention to the buzz about celebrities' personal lives. I'm just not interested in it. ; I' _' }! F* W2 N u O+ r4 _
A/ I0 t+ i/ L1 V' i5 {. MLH: 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。 0 ^' K) S. s, l: N& H
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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.
1 L' T! {6 {5 x/ L3 mLH: 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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7 r# o7 B2 P* |2 O( eLL: That's right! ) y: @) y/ V1 {+ n+ n
" T) ~, }6 U$ I i$ R7 v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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