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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz
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来源: 作者: 发布时间:1970-01-02 # M: E( ~; F7 a0 ^2 N
0 m" U* U1 @! b0 ?2 B$ u. BLarry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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) t* V! |! O; G$ X5 N* RLH: 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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9 O" {- ~& i0 \, B* `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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/ e0 x+ k5 p( b _) A5 ILL: 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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1 ^3 G% X# l/ b4 Y0 Z: 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? 1 c! Q: I5 V P! T% V4 g
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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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, D6 o2 Q9 t v' oLH: 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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" L0 t: w2 k2 w. J3 `2 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. ' a# P! P; Z- [ P) B
( E( N$ `% S, w- M h m# M% ALH: 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. U7 Y. x7 X+ M3 F3 `
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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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$ l2 ?+ J6 ?- |. t! r4 X" ]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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! {5 h8 C& R8 p- D% b/ m: ]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? % C7 L0 n t- @3 ^# h& P F
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LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit. I. O' i9 K/ n0 R t
8 J8 v9 P* x) SLH: 那么,要不要带件毛衣呀? + @; P- T3 f$ e* x# T
' x; }5 d( t+ x! O. DLL:You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.
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! s, w# T+ f; ^9 g7 z6 V4 D) l2 ~' O, dLH: Larry,你准备好了吗?我们该出发了!
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% r/ P6 g$ n+ RLL: 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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/ ?( I6 ~* d% h" z5 G" b9 a# n5 tLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.
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9 E1 t8 t. D# v5 l" CLH: 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? 5 k9 c( n3 N' ]
4 k* y1 n$ S! I& k! h2 |. t' r3 [' bLL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. # E+ m8 k6 g a0 c- e
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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。 3 r; l) T, ]- @: a+ f9 G
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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。 6 P9 r9 Z& ]# `8 q
3 O# u' r% p) [4 v. w+ E0 N6 OLL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much. 2 f9 p: Q1 T( {
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!
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LL: That's right!
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5 H7 G# l, M- q& I; W1 V9 e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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