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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz 0 o4 s4 @$ v$ p. H! q1 W2 _5 |
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来源： 作者： 发布时间：1970-01-02 * Y( \* A' S8 W
/ V4 i0 ~3 |! [& q/ W$ zLarry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.
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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......
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LL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting! ( ~1 N S( r5 m9 Z6 U) }- J- c
/ C& P; G/ p5 W) J* vLH：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？ 0 m) _; z; P' a
0 Y8 o8 Y3 i7 t9 M) r7 lLL: 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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: G X( U% [4 K4 M% S5 @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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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？
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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. " C [; w+ |: d2 n7 e1 U9 E% X I9 i
3 Z7 X. X! }6 @1 z3 _8 w' pLH: 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？ 1 f n( y0 P* g) v
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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. / }, ?7 l9 Q# c$ J
# u9 Y7 m% N$ v" F/ s! l; GLH: 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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|1 |) C" @; @& ^7 h0 t0 n: CLL: It's a long shot that my sister will come home to spend the vacation. She said she's going to Europe this summer.
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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？ + i" |9 @ c4 Q" x4 S/ J
: ?0 G, j8 v+ F) w$ k/ Y/ U+ R1 t0 XLL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit. 4 y; z) }+ R- ?3 h, O# F" a
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LH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？ + l- _# l/ S1 |' b, p+ C, U
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LL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. / a2 k$ z+ h6 h( \7 m
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LH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！ , X$ r* Q! w( x Y$ h9 `
8 c) q7 F* Y$ e5 k- O$ GLL: 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？
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LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. ) _: V8 H$ P w4 W
8 k- F$ x' U4 c" P& h0 r0 vLH: 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？ 1 `, R2 I0 |7 u% B" \
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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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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。 * c4 a" K( h) T* l, |7 K2 \! e
0 \$ j$ \1 {$ [. f1 T r3 hLL: 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。
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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. # y5 p2 m( M; Y, L
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！ 8 i3 a3 T! F7 ?' B1 F& ]# p% ^
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LL: That's right! 7 n2 ]$ o% U' s- J
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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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