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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz ( f# O2 L. | O& Z. ]) Z
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来源： 作者： 发布时间：1970-01-02 . p: R' s3 g% h/ H# i8 t# C0 d, q: ^
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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. + M& \- F* A6 Q, E; }
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LH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？2 d: X( ~1 N, y8 ~( ?0 \0 z0 {
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LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.
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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......( f& z& L0 h2 X1 s
: Z$ l1 d1 A7 z- ?LL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting! ) Z. O$ m- v1 L
/ E4 {: s: s% [) d$ ?0 vLH：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. , `. j0 z! \; _0 g& Z D% ~; Q
0 b& G! K! o2 {( G& }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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& p5 P% \' n6 J% z! Z; gLL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations.
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# |# F- E8 |+ `( S2 fLH: 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.
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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？
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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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/ f3 ^/ p. ?% s7 u7 Z( F& mLL: 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？
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LH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？ & b; e& i5 r+ b6 }. D7 B
$ o2 a K2 Y" ?% N$ F2 c" SLL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. ' |; Z/ }5 [, }* o4 F
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LH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！ 1 N& X2 i a# L, g
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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.
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+ ?% ?8 w0 i* E9 RLH: 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？* {6 V, ?% u! N/ K( e) P( O
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LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. 1 ?; F* ^/ J& z; x, P0 A) H2 {
5 [+ A2 W( p0 Z0 @; VLH: 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？ & Z( a) M3 N7 U' a- X3 e
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LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. 5 g4 Z/ {' s7 S1 T `! L/ ^
1 l" N* s2 C( }6 yLH: 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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" S3 G( R: o$ Q" C/ e. T4 |7 q9 `LL: I really don't pay any attention to the buzz about celebrities' personal lives. I'm just not interested in it. & L( A0 e1 p- g2 }
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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.
$ |5 @2 v: J( F! 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！ 3 y" J2 A ~ A7 f4 t
( y- v7 L: p4 A6 A: x2 c9 H1 sLL: That's right! ' F( x% y- k. p( P4 ^1 }: B1 Z E
9 u" Y/ {0 u8 }0 u- c, 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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