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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz
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( `% G/ k% j4 T7 C% V7 @- v来源: 作者: 发布时间:1970-01-02
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4 t/ w: h5 \# K/ V2 _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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2 f; Z% t' e0 aLH:Larry,我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀?
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( l# d4 {$ v/ w# YLL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.
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6 I0 Z. M4 z8 H; h- f) h, T: DLH: 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......! x" S# T. V( N4 h9 t+ l# e
% E- l; P- E3 X" }* W0 \LL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting! 9 c" U: _, c6 G/ {) G4 u E
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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? 4 o! j# i. p! z! ` j1 n) a" A0 B* a
. E* y- J# k6 @0 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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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? ! m' o+ P2 V9 ^& `$ L7 B6 h7 n7 X
) @( L7 G+ b; q; V6 N" j4 @, @LL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations. 3 j7 k& N4 t- B, q3 |# z
2 v6 d2 H. K: ?+ r; @, kLH: 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? ; E) m& g& R" x" p. S/ S5 s9 @
6 G) e+ E! ?5 t% cLL: 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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8 F; R) j1 b2 e, K/ jLH: 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? 4 H" D ]9 @9 p G2 Z
) ^! Z! S1 O- }8 D9 |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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$ i9 D. x1 K: b! ~& f. 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。
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7 H5 l6 {' P# t* Z8 N- T2 ULL: 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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' q# l& U9 i, N. O9 e! I. [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? ; e8 Z0 @8 a) a6 ~" R z; v
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LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
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' @( V, ]6 r; V Y+ e. iLH: 那么,要不要带件毛衣呀? ; c0 J) W2 }$ Z5 q3 ] d3 M
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LL:You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. % x# O0 n2 X9 s
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/ {& I0 e; t! kLH: 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. / W. I5 `4 I* |8 l" N: `* J
$ B6 Z$ h1 R+ w9 [0 r, L N3 _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? r" F. W/ ?; G3 j5 V
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LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. 4 p8 ~( S0 l1 ]1 B8 |0 z% c
) y& g `+ j( W+ ~ }% ~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? ) p3 P9 |8 I* J
/ b0 D1 u+ Q# N0 PLL: 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。 3 U0 Z3 i' l( ]3 S& I, b3 E% u% A
# m' T6 a# V9 O& A8 t1 KLL: 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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" b) g( l0 S1 X$ e& `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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LL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much. * b0 p8 {" }. {" S- L6 P
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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8 ]5 a+ j* d9 fLL: That's right! / h* T+ _' l8 B1 }( [* D3 H7 g
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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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