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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz ( v1 F1 z8 R! p1 z' o
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来源: 作者: 发布时间:1970-01-02 , k5 L9 m% Q, j9 n! Z0 ]
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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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LH:Larry,我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀?
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& o7 w# @. K5 ?- E; mLL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. 4 K) z: R/ f2 m( n
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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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8 M/ z' X- o: |0 V1 B5 pLL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting! 9 z' L& E; f9 t, S; d/ R& v
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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?
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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. " }5 N+ }& y1 Z$ o6 n1 I
* F' j3 C9 f- _7 E3 q. TLH: 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? + q; O, T) b# W0 i
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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. 8 a; ?* O+ a& ]) m) J2 U2 Q. p5 U
# E7 ~' T; g$ N; g4 @* B sLH: 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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: r, k) D& T' u; eLL: 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. ! @. A' o8 c8 z& q% ?8 V( o( ]
5 B; m* s$ f$ I' Q M$ j6 zLH: 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。% o0 L" |0 K2 \0 B8 s, Q F6 K
8 ~7 ]$ n- i c/ ?* |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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- a1 Q ^$ o& h; y* [; K8 M& DLH: 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? 5 _9 Q# x6 b* G! V( I) {
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LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
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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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LH: Larry,你准备好了吗?我们该出发了! ( ` v0 R3 I' V {' o3 A- D
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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. 0 x" c! |% }; [& v
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LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. q& p, Z. Z6 a# G9 ]# _ R9 Q' s
I) J; `9 x: V9 Q- dLH: 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?
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LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. # K2 [" @" f: S1 I" l" j& L. o+ e, m( U8 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。
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: i4 y+ Y6 [( e, KLL: 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。
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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. ' |1 v/ @8 ]8 j
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! : t9 n' A* U2 p7 F: \
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LL: That's right!
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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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