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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz 1 g) ?, L4 L7 T9 O: T; p
" w. w, r0 G7 G! a/ n; o0 x来源： 作者： 发布时间：1970-01-02
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' G' F6 Y3 w2 t! Q# rLarry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. ; M2 _+ j' _6 }# }. B3 ]
" t- y3 z/ @7 E0 p8 T' CLH: 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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{. l! R& o+ Q# yLL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting! . J1 r9 l( V G; z. q/ u
2 C- H: P7 C" `( j8 _, |$ CLH：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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2 V/ Z/ e6 C# D4 ]9 fLL: 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？
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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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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？
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& Q6 ^& x$ |0 gLL: 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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- ^4 }2 _& x0 Q$ x/ Z. rLH: 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？ " W+ s: J2 \. `
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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. 6 r) Y* A/ w% i* p
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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。+ B5 b* E- {; J" d* L
* ]5 q8 l! T- i6 Y! I) Z& e* gLL: 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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6 W0 g& ^4 `; y2 X. kLH: 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？ , E9 h0 D5 ^0 J# e
: j* C6 H9 Y1 {8 t9 ~LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
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9 ?0 u* H3 D- d% b# u# tLH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？ . X+ E/ U+ U* Y
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LL：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！ 6 X: J7 p6 |$ c) M; I* i2 d
" w3 @# V! p2 `, q' G6 x( kLL: 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. & V1 g4 m9 s4 n7 d
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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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LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. . u) Z( J" w, I5 `8 |1 q6 X a
% y, y2 s4 o% |/ B. ]( ULH: 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？ ! V4 ?% b+ Z. G. G: w% {
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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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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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5 }& R* A& K; [5 _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。 & d- c* @" y0 C4 }$ k' _' m
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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.
( ~4 i1 P+ F, m- 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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$ z9 p! X* x/ x4 I# R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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