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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz
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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?
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4 S! ]3 t( [, R0 B) S, n$ A3 aLL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. 0 J: b, }* J: ~
- q. e+ v. W/ d5 CLH: 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......; B, @6 n9 A7 T8 t* l, ?
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LL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting! 4 Z* H* h/ L1 X
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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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# h1 z: X& X2 J. Y9 M) DLL: 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. 9 s4 c; ~* @+ I: X2 I
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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? ~, Q: W- v0 ]5 i" t
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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? / Y" G7 G/ x! W/ G5 `" M
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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.
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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? 2 }/ }1 P' h, n# n0 n8 D
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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. G; q! y# p$ D, `1 @
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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。" I. e: n& E# s& n H' j5 C- r
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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. # i: ]$ L! k p# k* D
) U/ Z( o$ y+ N0 j' E& GLH: 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. 5 H% L2 x# m5 {) ^4 J
% [& H) ?' e+ BLH: 那么,要不要带件毛衣呀? ' c S1 B* t+ I: B" j
- L* `5 ?& R& J- SLL:You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. # W, H+ O6 z6 l4 [0 A2 G- o
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LH: 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. 4 R; h' Q4 {0 w j2 q
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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?/ r) l7 t7 A7 b3 G [
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LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. 6 r9 t1 j5 j. \ ]
9 S4 t$ s( I: Q# OLH: 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? ' o) N( {$ n$ W9 k1 b' h
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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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# m- Z2 o7 `1 p1 Y5 q- \: ^7 o Q7 SLH: 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. / A3 z. w& s% v/ o3 u7 R8 R
5 P; `) F* l7 N+ ALH: 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。 * I" e- x% D- e: {; 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.
5 J5 G0 U( U+ i. i5 Q* vLH: 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! / R; v3 M! m1 y% ]& x0 E% I( W, F
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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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