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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz
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( ?9 y% @7 h2 E9 A6 a& W+ w来源: 作者: 发布时间:1970-01-02
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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. / d+ Q" L x, W$ P% _& _4 O
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LH:Larry,我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀?; z5 _& |" `3 ?- x$ ~4 E
2 u: S2 i3 X* P0 a" f; p* vLL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. # M. E9 K* H4 h
# b( I+ v5 L3 @2 ]+ D: bLH: 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......6 }& k- u4 C) h- D+ b" S
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LL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting! ( D+ e! x! y7 d" O8 u8 z: V4 Z
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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. 3 m/ i+ Y4 [9 b$ t$ i
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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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! H! u/ ]: |4 X' j# ?7 s, hLL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations.
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: ~5 s4 K' w$ C [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? 4 m6 h: j) i. X9 N M2 a0 z
! j2 E/ J% u; F& n" R/ F& m: ILL: 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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3 Y) G# b S7 |, |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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& B- U: Q# Z% H4 ]' y. X& ILL: 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。4 W" L) R( A8 b% p
* B D. h( y: s7 w9 T. ?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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/ d# R* m( ]+ h% SLH: 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? 7 S$ s( B" g* w1 b5 a% q
( W& k! Z1 V4 ^LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
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LH: 那么,要不要带件毛衣呀? ( c$ \+ Y+ q# z6 m( ^% o, K
5 Z! n6 R$ f5 o# o$ `LL: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!
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- D, A% t4 v3 L: c2 D QLL: 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?
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LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.
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" a X! @8 n) p5 {* QLH: 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?
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LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.
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3 d1 U* ^5 [3 X- \5 ~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。 ( L# u: i' S4 O# }! R
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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. $ g3 ^" _6 P( E$ R' [, g3 b4 L
1 w4 n/ P1 Q0 m' G- rLH: 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。 : y( S0 B/ E5 k" J X
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6 S! Y1 E1 D8 p3 X5 B4 TLH: 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! ' ?/ E9 k' w# O: b1 `
' N, Y4 F9 ]9 @. HLL: That's right! 9 C% u/ j; m! D& N3 k* }, 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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