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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz
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" T8 p0 w1 A/ R来源: 作者: 发布时间:1970-01-02 * z" L4 N# c, a+ B5 d
) p# F% k V2 e8 L/ OLarry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?
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LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. p* K3 b. \5 M+ b# l- q7 {9 S
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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....../ R: X! z$ o3 H- L
! V1 R- C* c) c: x- Y4 N' d; TLL: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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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. & |, a- ] h, y- {2 ~# @
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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? ( t/ Z4 s, H0 ]% p
' n# b0 ~* u9 g' \* o7 |7 N$ ILL: 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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/ E$ U1 M" N1 k% ZLL: 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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0 ]- e1 E$ `# v0 vLH: 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? ( d( W) L7 S3 O0 G3 ?0 R
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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. / l% `) O' S1 C
) L8 ^% ?/ x# {* ]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。/ E/ v/ Q- K9 G$ G
! I$ I+ y9 i# m9 N2 @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. 3 n1 N1 ]8 a" ~! S
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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?
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LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
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2 \6 [7 A }+ D7 iLH: 那么,要不要带件毛衣呀? + |( g9 p/ \ v, T
" n* K7 A) b% v) d% O, [LL:You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. 2 x" Z( v* p$ ?& x6 r
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+ W, X, e& E; U b* m$ z& ^LH: Larry,你准备好了吗?我们该出发了! - m F) L+ m+ d( W
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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. ' V8 J8 s1 C; ]" b* r- |% n+ ?
: z& M7 S. U7 d0 K1 g2 t4 u4 yLH: 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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6 c/ C# l$ c: y4 OLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.
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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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! L$ c# L8 E' P& G5 h- [2 @LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.
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6 K& G0 y. i- s& L. NLH: 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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LL: I really don't pay any attention to the buzz about celebrities' personal lives. I'm just not interested in it. 9 N- \2 ?1 N& y$ r9 M: a
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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。
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5 @9 J9 V; \+ P+ }/ fLL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much. * H) A& ^. l9 e% `
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! 7 `: F5 V4 P1 h- q# N7 U% h$ o( T
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LL: That's right!
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4 r) Z O/ Z6 ^1 L. e( s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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