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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz
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( q1 ?0 ~/ \. Q+ K# Z, B# t. }来源： 作者： 发布时间：1970-01-02 0 M1 y5 l1 x. R( H. y6 W! z: p
5 B' u% U' N2 ^" s* q) Z& qLarry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. : j |& I4 P4 v- }
, ? E6 A; N' m+ {LH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？# \# n+ a' y, I l y* P0 X L: v
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LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. & @) o$ o5 w/ j% N. y( F
. @0 |, _ [1 i( Y# }/ YLH: 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......% t2 E+ E% B9 R! B! I% J/ |
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LL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting! 5 r" q) P- I9 M6 c) u
4 d0 O, ]7 _8 I! ILH：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. # H% [1 S6 T8 y7 U
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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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6 Z, F6 C1 v, K# I7 oLL: 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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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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! o. F5 p G2 n. n5 i ~0 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？ & l: G3 D: _4 K/ |
$ r4 D; ^9 i- P; c5 l. U3 } S- 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. - i+ r7 P' j) x6 V B& B
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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。7 y3 X$ R c3 D' R" a* {
. u: L) `5 G7 x* E$ M' I3 @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. - l# X7 }& I/ [- [& @
) s O1 w+ W/ t6 {' TLH: 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？ & Q$ l3 D& }, O
+ D, d! V. C8 E+ z$ c. ?LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
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LH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？
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LL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.
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; V: j a+ Z3 H: y8 P' eLH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！ 5 T' ]- C F' K$ S) p! 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.
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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？3 q; c) [$ b0 e `4 u% K# O, `
+ Z- ?" ^: w5 C; w; xLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. ; w# j7 \. ?4 b4 ` c; F
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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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6 B q ^( k( n! eLL: 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。
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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.
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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。 ; B4 m4 U) j v
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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.
4 I5 [% s3 G. P1 V( i) C; \5 Q/ _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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, Y c4 I7 c2 t# L( WLL: That's right! ' s+ C+ G6 ^8 [) @9 g+ x
+ r7 D6 Z5 ?* C* E' R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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