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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz
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0 a8 B5 ?1 o8 R. E- {" f来源: 作者: 发布时间:1970-01-02
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' `, w- D2 b1 B: S+ x6 R, l2 P6 PLarry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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6 A1 k! G, Y8 }- \LH:Larry,我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀?
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$ Q2 q# V. H9 ?- M( C0 rLL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. . ^6 [. i( [. u+ C
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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......4 E- U' P. L; j. I( }! D/ L; v
' P, Z6 u6 |, @% MLL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting! / i4 H! l5 ^: V4 m
- a6 T4 y5 }% ?5 ]: C0 aLH: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. 7 B1 C% E2 `9 Z5 T( a
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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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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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( @( Y$ o3 @! a/ _. t8 fLH: 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? / n- |. l9 d1 E9 }8 V
0 O" u3 C7 Z: Z) m% V* ?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. 4 [$ v m9 S5 k J0 v9 d9 o' x
# p* i3 B& X! i4 r" ?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? 4 m) m7 ~4 h' c# B
* T$ s% ?4 S) i2 L1 z/ XLL: 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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& h \' e6 n6 w2 V# n' oLH: 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。% X* M$ H) F# g8 A
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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.
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" w! U, V- d0 s# yLH: 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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& i, V2 X7 ~% V% YLL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
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LH: 那么,要不要带件毛衣呀? ! g) o% {6 Y2 X4 f
2 g' T4 Z; p& NLL:You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. * e! O: Q" e+ N& E5 h
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LH: Larry,你准备好了吗?我们该出发了!
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( H& ~6 Y: J7 o! f! 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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& v6 K, l$ w9 j: {- W2 H, L2 V' vLH: 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?) B) K. R, L+ ?# C' m- K; p
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LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.
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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? 4 f5 ^" b* K, t& v& E& G9 l# L
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LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. ! J4 a" F: Y( S, A/ @$ D$ R! F
* `0 v; T, c5 l. T, T3 N' WLH: 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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- {; h. C8 Z2 I# f& p# e! @LL: I really don't pay any attention to the buzz about celebrities' personal lives. I'm just not interested in it. , b9 P; ?5 c0 w
. w/ Q! y! N# w) C/ |; Z3 Y" ~' ELH: 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。 & d9 W# B) E& Z5 S/ K
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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. 6 G3 v7 g+ s9 M4 O1 x/ m0 Y
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! / z h8 o2 l. U
/ m! F6 R a9 f# K: I2 NLL: That's right!
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. E v7 `1 g2 r3 e! N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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