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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz 9 T& y J6 O2 C6 q {0 n
8 V8 r: }6 A2 Y* l来源： 作者： 发布时间：1970-01-02
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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.
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; A+ G2 N# M/ L0 _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. 9 k+ p; ^/ P1 @2 @+ _% \; 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......
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LL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting!
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LH：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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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？ + }1 x2 P5 ^9 L
% `+ o& c$ r* f4 a, h! OLL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations. ' S# y% C5 v8 V% t
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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？ 8 \$ G1 p' v L4 m+ _
: \! u3 ^. R# R9 |5 s8 LLL: 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. 8 K0 d: u2 v1 A2 }- f9 j9 _. P
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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. 0 s& P8 j4 Y+ T7 C
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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.
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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？ , A+ B: C3 ]: a2 }
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LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit. 1 n% U' n/ V( k+ t
8 S. i& n3 A5 e& Q- N" xLH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？
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& q+ n2 a. v/ y) j' F, s$ @2 V' dLL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.
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LH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！ 4 v% S% m( O* E5 r5 @$ Q: z, ]8 n' J, y1 s
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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？$ N6 U7 y9 `/ K* E, W0 I
& `/ `& _6 |8 t& qLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. , S2 W* u7 [3 V H
# T, j2 X" L% X, W2 N6 H7 ]+ wLH: 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？ 6 f# H# f, ]3 q! e1 j/ ]
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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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; O, d! h# O* B7 m% H$ ^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。 ; y0 @1 m% E- X; W: U# c: k; x
. X6 K. P3 R* I$ F# e7 ~2 D- JLL: 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。 6 b$ C) b+ L' P1 R
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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.
9 y+ Z6 P* P r* \" Z$ `! [2 i* `9 NLH: 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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LL: That's right! ( e% O+ Y3 u% F5 ]
* z9 e/ s$ O* ~# z: \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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