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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz
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0 M- {3 a1 g9 J/ B. q来源: 作者: 发布时间:1970-01-02 + B: [8 J; M* h8 l
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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. 9 i8 u7 S3 T; Y5 o- Q/ R
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LH:Larry,我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀?& k: L4 E/ \: ^/ B- @4 \, u6 E) M
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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!
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3 l3 K' e7 v/ H* P& FLH: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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8 o7 W- U# J/ mLL: 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. + g0 g/ j- o; {* h! \' [7 {% u$ X1 ] ^
' ?6 R2 B8 w$ X" e; V" y+ N5 }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 E/ a3 }" ^7 W4 q8 S* c' QLL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations. . E, e+ |7 U' W* O" N* c7 _2 \
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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? 4 G& d2 U# j+ ^4 ~
, w. U9 i2 I% b# F# x9 P4 BLL: 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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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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" r6 t% v3 U- g4 K) P/ j( O2 iLL: 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. & R8 L" X2 z, O* H
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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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" c2 v) [9 T4 [1 c8 MLL: 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? , F# k& r e0 e( n) K
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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.
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* h9 q" m+ J/ ]3 zLH: Larry,你准备好了吗?我们该出发了!
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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?5 |) @& H$ {( l# Z( D
% E7 y, Y; a) T/ o' s0 Z4 n& C1 dLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. ' L! K/ D) D8 {+ Y/ a/ b
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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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LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.
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( a$ ^6 u- A7 L5 u @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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. \, Z1 G0 z R2 j; v0 S! _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。
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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. * h" c; O! H. W
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! ! |0 r$ {0 }" K! t+ K
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LL: That's right!
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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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