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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz % C0 O$ Q$ X+ V
$ a3 f* P& d1 _$ {" ?来源: 作者: 发布时间:1970-01-02 ( ?6 s6 Y! [$ _; ^
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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?% n3 u" _' j6 Q! {6 _
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LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.
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0 n9 s) q' l% U5 ^4 S! wLH: 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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) v( y/ Y" E* RLL: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?
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: f7 q9 u: M1 M+ I" B F1 P3 @" bLL: 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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" |8 d1 Z, o: mLH: 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? ) f9 W h: L) I- H, F! D4 `# J
1 s" m+ ~ ?! [1 c* u7 C/ [0 dLL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations. ; j3 l" N! y: s D/ ~
6 X, v0 J6 J% {/ e6 Q0 I! hLH: 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? 0 w3 W. |. z6 |' a$ C- u
( z% U# ]1 V) p- m0 j( A; a- NLL: 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. : J0 I, p3 I! J4 Q: A/ _& h
* V, z7 K3 D d* 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? 0 T9 i! g7 O$ }4 ?% A Q p
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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. , ~! y, y' u( ~% ?+ [
3 k) T, `3 F/ f3 X0 `# _5 Z: HLH: 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。6 s. q2 l* i% V6 I
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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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! ]0 C; G: x) t) N0 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? |4 f+ ^2 \8 h: V2 U! t
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LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit. % y! T {0 w% B7 f5 X4 ~
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LH: 那么,要不要带件毛衣呀? 3 {7 t; t3 c; J0 \- N- K7 W' E
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LL:You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. " m' p0 E0 _' l0 L4 p# T
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LH: Larry,你准备好了吗?我们该出发了! / n* W9 [+ N; l9 ]4 s7 S# T
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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. * j5 B0 D, z- A
3 t2 c$ v* K, a' G) h. e5 f8 oLH: 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?3 U3 D, S) @7 i3 t% X. H
( b, Q3 U: o E; vLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. 4 b. U' \ N6 r3 }, Q8 Y) |! n/ _
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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? $ H9 S9 W/ D, s
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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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& b4 Z" u, B3 c1 r/ C* S" ZLH: 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。 2 h% P0 S$ q" ^' f
, [: j# i$ p, f l9 fLL: 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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! ?' p( m- t2 N4 A. ?3 P% ?' D8 V$ ~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.
/ y6 B+ j$ X9 R, }& o+ J! D& kLH: 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! 3 L+ s" v0 E3 I6 r
0 N6 |- `/ w9 S9 _# ?LL: That's right! , Q9 g( D$ S) c
4 `% x* p- M8 E% O. p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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