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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz
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. E! E C) H6 \. z9 [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. * t4 b( x5 T/ C
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LH:Larry,我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀?! P! x+ H: N8 l2 q$ Y9 A
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LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. B" i8 X! B& ^# T
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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......% t9 j; l8 P% j; ]7 S& f& J) p
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LL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting! 7 q8 Z3 r4 q* T$ Z
& K1 t- u( b3 D& uLH: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.
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m2 Q8 E0 `- v; l; W2 y8 }( gLH: 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? " u0 U, l% @# `; E( C
) _2 w' Z; r, e, `; d0 qLL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations. * S$ V8 h$ H. _8 M/ B4 k& D
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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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3 A5 \ k8 `* |- f- K& [% @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. u; Q- c/ M& g. H' T
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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?
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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.
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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。
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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. * F) O4 H) Y; o1 j& f) Y
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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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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. % u& V' P: n: b3 l& e
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LH: Larry,你准备好了吗?我们该出发了!
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5 {6 A" x" g2 Y5 w) Q9 @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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$ P- X7 X! n" ? K2 g4 I) SLH: 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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LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. ; r; g" _! B- H$ ]! Z3 S
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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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' f/ k8 m6 |% _0 r$ A( dLL: 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。 4 |8 I% i- j8 F4 m. z! I
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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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/ [% q% ]! D- S# CLL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much.
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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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