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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz
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6 J: C. B, H- `% }/ n% ^ P7 ELarry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. * d$ P. t7 l ?' j5 P
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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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" F& \1 r1 q6 C- _7 h( ]7 ILL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.
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e$ i5 X( `/ E# ~4 C1 GLH: 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! / K. \% L! A# h! A' H4 s
. P# Y6 E% H2 y+ i- ^1 yLH：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. + H9 J) E( t, ]) p8 L$ m# s5 X
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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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- {0 N f2 o4 r) ]. j m0 oLL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations. ' d. A7 D. c. x$ Y2 x9 Y: @
$ S! C: W9 ~: K' A6 c* h' bLH: 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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LL: 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. 7 T& L- I# v& {0 j& W u
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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？ / E$ A# U: \1 X( s$ I
5 p! c, i# m4 H$ h. r bLL: 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. - K! \5 h) |8 |, k0 h6 p
( ~' Y, @0 b' u g. j( [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？ - x# C6 }7 @, z# R) k! p
# E" u9 U A7 \LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit. 2 u6 Z I# l% J ^- B
2 F+ T1 X. S& oLH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？
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& L7 w; _2 k7 [LL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. ) U }. |- _) c( j$ s3 k! d+ R
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LH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！
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) p; w! s& O# j& h: B: T/ gLL: 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. ' ^: d: n9 }7 h% U
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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？ M$ p9 }2 s( b" F2 c# I5 K F
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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？ 5 q: O3 X5 v: q, N. h
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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。 * G* b& g* L7 u
5 c0 _* c; I0 D$ ZLL: I really don't pay any attention to the buzz about celebrities' personal lives. I'm just not interested in it. # A% r1 }8 B9 B3 Z, l' p
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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. " B, D8 J' Z3 u) A% U$ ]* z
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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& T) K8 c5 r# k( C: CLL: That's right!
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& i" u; n$ Z* x" g& C) s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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