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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz " N1 s' ?. a$ i5 ~" M
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来源： 作者： 发布时间：1970-01-02
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6 j p) h8 J" m$ U, T. h0 t5 uLarry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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2 U* N. H ^% ?& j! pLH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？: L; B8 z* n) P! z4 @
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LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. $ r6 L' f7 m' t6 B/ V
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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 i& d' K. O7 T8 e$ W& V
5 O' d( v* c: L( }2 xLL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting! " }3 H' k( h" a4 R, Q
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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？ ! Q1 i0 Z# h3 i. B) ]. Z
8 Q: O5 k; W! N3 `5 S1 ]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. I3 u. ? h4 t# Y" M
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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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' |% Q( Q9 f: T+ n- y7 F+ g9 G( M+ qLL: 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。( d1 ?$ `" J& |; W2 B
) B8 k! Y7 g+ E- hLL: 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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LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit. * @ t; ?7 @1 K; w4 q" d9 Z
* i' D: j3 h9 A- }$ {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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! v0 B8 O4 _3 X. c+ DLH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！
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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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5 y; B' b. z$ Z7 M; sLH: 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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' H2 h6 u% Q8 M7 FLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.
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5 R) G" r8 d1 NLH: 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？ $ K4 w" C) n' O _ L/ N6 {
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LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. ' ~: H7 H& S P* i/ T% X4 Z
; I j/ Y* n1 W4 Q: GLH: 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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# x( l5 S5 u; F5 n- j( K+ LLL: I really don't pay any attention to the buzz about celebrities' personal lives. I'm just not interested in it. 9 m1 O" N( _ j5 @
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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。 3 h5 z# U3 }0 o! K E
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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. / Y3 | f' y" k u! V8 N; j: W- Z
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! , ~ ^( S. x5 e
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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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