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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz ( h4 r( \0 A$ u4 ]! O0 b
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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.
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LH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？; Y( ]9 Y; ~+ N
`, X9 w0 j% M: @1 R9 x4 ^% H0 t9 R OLL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. + \) i7 C' g" O/ ~; n( T8 ] }
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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......
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$ X) D" N, A$ c& a' ~, y3 {% nLL：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？ 3 ~* ?& w1 b; I' Z
5 ~8 E( Q! P3 d3 a4 o7 ]: ?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.
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/ K3 D3 y4 H7 [, pLH: 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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( s4 A! Y0 R9 W% C9 ^LL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations. ! c6 P- w Z- B4 m& M
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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？ : r7 R h2 O2 H, d, Q' ~
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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. 9 H, m2 J5 P* p8 c$ O7 T3 ?9 W3 V
+ j ?! r% }; X* zLH: 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？ ; K( }5 o. [# j
" a o1 {/ |: t$ KLL: 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. : I: G! A& s4 S* a& L! T* L( }
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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。+ a4 b0 A' K* I Q+ x
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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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' [$ |# v- x% W) u! U" Z& b5 hLH: 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？ - _$ \$ j7 f [: X- S( i$ y
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LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit. " M* q J, c, G# Y
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LH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？
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, I2 e+ p/ }% {& Y% BLL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. 0 e$ R1 D6 D2 ?, J* {. x
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9 `. z; q( K0 N( Z3 g* r# xLH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！
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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. . Q/ O% y) O) }: A8 w, e6 V5 Y
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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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; v$ T+ K8 d' Y2 H3 c5 ZLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.
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3 }2 o' s1 T) p5 LLH: 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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LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.
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. s# S ]$ b) f' S+ ?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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' p1 i# G; G. l+ |. xLL: I really don't pay any attention to the buzz about celebrities' personal lives. I'm just not interested in it. 1 F# u3 L* O( Y/ Q7 ^+ z1 R/ e2 q
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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 F; s$ n! n9 n$ b: O
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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 w. z9 k5 N/ |/ G8 _
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！ $ K' e# a. c" x7 _6 L# o
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LL: That's right! $ ~& N& Y N9 f2 L) F) @. v
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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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