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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz ! r. q* \) T9 t$ f5 O. N7 d
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来源: 作者: 发布时间:1970-01-02
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* g) Z, S7 B' z. _$ [' ILarry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. ! @! H: s' ^3 W: W, n- {& d _' s5 A
- S C, P7 k9 \* kLH:Larry,我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀?
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" Y1 z$ L4 s) K% T, PLL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. 6 f! R2 i7 C7 x4 @2 S2 u, t# \& X
A X! u. n# V- LLH: 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......' v- M0 l$ o, t! M4 V5 C
9 B. u) S$ ?. \- Y0 s6 R% kLL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting! . r" x9 w5 q! {8 c: O! J
# Q$ \* \, o$ t& `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? 3 o- Q6 b9 S$ L' u* i
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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. # s1 O+ E5 I* f9 `- k2 z
1 { \2 r, K- k$ @5 o- P: B- ~" dLH: 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? u- `1 T" P( C
0 U+ x; c9 ?# R4 F5 ULL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations.
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4 Y% h& n( K( s& b% T! vLH: 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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! W6 D" m9 w/ b& DLL: 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? ; ?! u/ I3 D; S" k% [# i% e- c5 q& F/ k
$ q) w; _6 p$ N1 Q/ B# I+ W) v# vLL: 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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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。: ?4 h& o8 I0 P1 Z
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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. 3 [ D& \6 ?, m: T2 n
) O6 x- e7 b* F% L' g7 [/ RLH: 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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, D+ [8 O7 p3 b- _LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
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5 H, ~; A4 V5 R4 ~4 v: {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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- [8 h5 y' v; O& Q1 [5 ?1 cLH: Larry,你准备好了吗?我们该出发了! 3 K5 a% B9 h& t% K# n2 U" ]0 M
8 D6 o- M, F9 H, i0 sLL: 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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$ s+ ?8 E9 B d# a! ULH: 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?1 a: B$ k- m1 S5 |$ Q& e
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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? $ f I1 {8 c+ ?7 _. D6 K9 \! I1 g- `
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LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. , n+ U6 J+ J+ f, J7 S" [7 e2 I
' \2 M5 j! y a( s; d$ ^; m( nLH: 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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) s4 i0 r! k' T) @: ELL: I really don't pay any attention to the buzz about celebrities' personal lives. I'm just not interested in it. 6 g7 y. b! w6 }: I5 ?4 V# N: Z g$ n8 h
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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。 ( V% } {# X* g+ S! \6 O3 q
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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.
* i, t/ Q& l6 V/ ^* s S3 h! kLH: 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! ( _# _- V# H5 ?# h
* o( m/ D5 A+ D6 ~# P2 q/ d( sLL: That's right! 7 X6 B( N, C" `' y
/ g/ m4 ?1 l' m$ _" j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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