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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz
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q% r' @' a( @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. 2 Q8 C; }- e) v/ K2 Q
7 h h$ J( Q9 W' hLH:Larry,我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀?9 T4 R V* h5 }* J) f( G
7 ]( U, Q h# E& o1 G* F! j7 \LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. ( ]) b3 q. Q# G5 b7 L" X
0 {4 D& L% ]3 FLH: 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......" H( q5 m: ^! W- x" {$ a7 b
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LL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting! ! K- y" ~) @# c& m! F. j# m
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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? 9 X$ t, v4 y( C9 \4 A8 r q
/ E/ ^- F' D& n) z& U2 Z' ^0 kLL: 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?
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\8 h$ V; B) G% U. `- n: T- tLL: 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? 1 ^4 V& e. q S" e
! f2 z* J3 D- yLL: 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. 7 f6 \" z6 o+ N) V" u! N
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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? 6 o3 p) @% P$ a: G5 O9 p, _
5 \/ B; t* s4 f& {2 o5 sLL: 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. 4 G+ O4 ], k8 T; x% ?
1 P3 C. R9 S: N3 o5 [9 ULH: 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。# s' ~0 _, T; V0 ~2 J$ n* K
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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. - S( H! q- w7 o8 ~% W
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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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- ^8 k: o' c+ ]% jLH: 那么,要不要带件毛衣呀? ' w. J+ D4 q; K: w
' z; p. k5 B, e8 a* l* cLL:You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.
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2 p6 ]7 b" s$ d Q3 o" f( s" [LH: Larry,你准备好了吗?我们该出发了!
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( m' |6 k- i1 g0 tLL: 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. , {1 y% ^; h# E1 G0 U; n; g
" y) w" ], F3 }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?; R7 ~6 \ V5 `: J) t- b4 Z5 l& E" v- [
6 m% s3 N/ x/ d( u) o$ r& A9 jLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. * h1 [/ a9 }" E
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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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0 W V' `3 S; }9 ~5 x* @LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.
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2 I V+ [& c$ l$ [) Y9 ALH: 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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7 l. r, c# D, H3 WLL: 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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# S4 c2 N6 F( _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。 * ?! p& i! Y$ F. a
$ P& T% z I3 l$ W+ Y1 GLL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much.
; J5 s/ t5 j+ LLH: 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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LL: That's right! . J# L7 G* o5 `4 y; i. O
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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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