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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz & V) E+ @) Y5 W( i/ [
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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. , @( Q% `6 z2 n8 z0 u
2 n4 v. ~, w% Z0 C1 ?: m" X1 kLH: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. * c2 D' t5 n. P
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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......
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, f( n: W, t% L/ ? @LL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting! " W B. S4 ]6 ]" X4 l: E
9 x4 {& g! u+ H" F: rLH: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.
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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? / n* J/ S, x" G; _
5 m+ A/ i. @! y4 k1 ?LL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations. , U1 P9 V4 K2 S5 L7 ~
1 J' @& ]7 V; f ?( c, ZLH: 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? 5 _" s1 |7 C4 E3 x# l$ M
, I- |: A) M/ U4 C: Z/ N+ kLL: 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. ! k7 c: C) X! C9 s
7 J: W% h! p! s9 pLH: 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? T1 ^, I5 P# q; ?4 k/ e& Y
$ Q( y+ K. z5 k; w) n" D5 O! `* n- |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. 2 a4 q! f$ k4 ]. [5 J* [
5 Q0 s' v- S9 u. ELH: 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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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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5 i |" k, }7 J. Z, ^5 JLH: 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? * [1 V& o6 X w2 w0 J1 g
8 k5 W# a1 |' z6 z. @; E$ wLL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
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0 y& }0 ~( E9 j# \' iLH: 那么,要不要带件毛衣呀? . j) a$ f B5 W( F1 v
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LL:You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. ; g% d% E8 `: W( t' ~" R' O
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LH: Larry,你准备好了吗?我们该出发了! 9 U8 n, R) m' o* m( D) I0 z
4 e9 i. S" j, t3 X% uLL: 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?6 X8 u% n8 x2 v# e8 ]& T2 c! j4 T
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LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. ! t0 p. a6 K1 g6 M q8 B' M
7 J3 n \; ? o) A* B% {0 aLH: 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? 0 E5 f% g0 o' e1 j! `7 X4 @( n
# ~, l D+ \6 N1 f ^4 ?$ yLL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.
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, T1 e& F$ f) D' `- uLH: 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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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.
' R) e, {) \2 \9 Y6 SLH: 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 O3 _5 n7 B: n' ~, y, n
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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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