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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz 7 R: @# i( j* |
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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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E! q' o/ {& f/ I5 j2 U' gLH:Larry,我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀?: o8 i* _1 C; G
- @; _, \9 V" u6 vLL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. 6 c" N* X# s# G! c. J6 M" |* {
" S1 a- r+ P0 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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( d& R- q! Y% eLL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting! 9 D* ~4 b6 d# c h/ h" B
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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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& u" f# U: `1 \4 XLH: 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. }) T' T' H9 ~% E5 T
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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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# [6 ^5 N" U# [3 x7 L8 HLL: 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. 0 U1 s' k" K& b9 T$ ^2 }
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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? $ ]' \) t9 u1 O0 O+ y; [4 n
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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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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. " `! |. U+ p" h K& v
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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? 0 h) j) ?7 n+ ?' t4 W- V
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LH: 那么,要不要带件毛衣呀? 7 o& |; |1 k2 a$ X1 N$ N; `$ }
4 H5 Z3 x0 e+ q' C; b+ Q1 mLL: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! E# { x ^% x; d
+ E% K$ ?: `) ALL: 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?; g# i8 Y% i; {) F, g
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LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. $ V% x9 n. p2 O- Q
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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? k( p2 `& @" Z2 R
0 e- ]8 S* n2 fLL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.
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: v1 X6 p- f# K1 `5 H7 MLH: 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。 $ X! ~; T9 X4 U+ [' y6 W* D2 ?& _
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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. 9 l6 c/ s- _ f& E& ]8 Q6 W9 o
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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. % V1 e; Q' m7 L1 y& M' z6 M( 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!
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LL: That's right!
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9 `" }8 Q, x- U1 p8 i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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