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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz
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" A: K; D" E5 e& 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.
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& d7 Q& _; V0 |3 {# H4 cLH：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.
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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......5 ^: _; ^& r5 p% G" b* F- E* D
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LL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting! 3 M$ L& }" q0 V
! ^. `5 A! V, X$ N2 fLH：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？ D1 Y5 C+ w8 \$ v
, H% I& o6 ~' y1 W6 O5 j; P: ?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？ & D9 G( d! M2 s+ e+ U1 S
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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？ ; g5 m+ ^- D3 ~( |# ^( P
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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？ 8 e" y/ t/ q" m7 |8 ^
+ Q% _2 t: E$ f9 s# sLL: 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. 3 N ^6 Q4 s8 S8 A/ w Y$ ^: a
6 E$ R- X; N* b2 L! {9 t. ?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。. t6 l8 Q1 P. ^3 K
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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. 2 s5 _. M' J g9 j
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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？ 9 O% V" y. q& \2 w* ]3 |
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LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit. # f3 c! p1 M: I6 C" ]7 s+ Y
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3 l' u+ e/ W4 v: \4 PLL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.
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. f) r# G) Q! I& x8 k+ o3 ILH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！ 0 S" z7 t: [: u( j9 B5 {
2 O; t! ]: z( Z; xLL: 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. ( [4 r# W( N9 b5 }# D$ M4 M
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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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# `! i9 v( @0 N0 oLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.
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# u7 x4 T: n" o2 c/ Q( R4 n0 P& VLL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. " m3 a2 }4 {5 d* P+ y4 B* j6 k
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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。 0 c) a5 r4 J% G
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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.
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, w, P$ Z( |, C; n) L/ g5 `' h8 `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。 M8 t! ^& |, |2 n7 |
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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. ' Y4 D# E% Q, ` P
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！ 1 k [- w. ]5 j3 J- B! R0 {( N: q
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LL: That's right! / A8 X7 a+ w- {& z7 T
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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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