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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz * w5 M9 ~- C/ f
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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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T; Z' I1 C+ p. b; Z- [LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. ' k/ q! b1 X: L/ y8 o
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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......* |- X+ t- ~( G! j, n5 j' a3 D/ Z
+ s0 |# G6 d, m+ l# [& jLL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting! 7 M/ K% j. D3 u
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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? 1 J4 j3 h; r. _3 Q# d
6 _2 V6 K: N* }# R$ k! mLL: 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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1 _* @- i% D, oLH: 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? * C# W6 g3 k0 x' L
. _( P: k+ T- VLL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations.
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Q1 h' {6 [: T3 b+ f7 }0 ILH: 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? 8 b4 i7 a3 ^" a0 m( P! }
( r# t6 \0 Q. K' RLL: 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. + k; j1 i" S2 e0 K3 j# _ o
) Z. e( V- F! e* @5 MLH: 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? a1 \0 k: P) {* K: ?6 ?% M
, ~6 Y' v8 G U0 ]4 f1 G$ FLL: 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。, O0 c* ~6 V) d% O
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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? h3 m8 Q) A/ v& ^6 T: e/ c
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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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5 O- g; ?5 s* A9 i/ y0 u7 eLL:You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. " F0 X& i( a. I2 q2 X9 X& A3 |+ B
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LH: Larry,你准备好了吗?我们该出发了! : Z) `; e2 w+ }9 ~5 L( i+ ]9 R5 A
$ B% x8 F( p* hLL: 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. 9 {# P1 d& X8 q+ S, T
& [8 c% R; g. @ I) G! F( H' vLH: 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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9 l7 O" J& Q3 _/ |LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.
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LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. + t. \& [( m. Q
- `3 M! d0 H6 Q+ hLH: 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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2 |2 M, j1 b/ O) z; V* ^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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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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@% _( J4 j3 w2 v( @9 _0 KLL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much. " D/ o6 Z( o3 V a& a
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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$ X! P5 T) S7 s& A& R( _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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