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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz
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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. ! V: }$ }4 b% E7 ~9 n
. Y. H$ Y) U7 j" E" y0 b2 |LH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？! h8 V- l. N5 H1 U
# V% K- _ Q2 l, p; M) TLL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. 3 g. K& _! T3 f; D
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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......( \+ W2 L6 I2 ]
) `- x8 ~6 z8 J% ~9 jLL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting! & h: o- V9 l4 ^
+ I) E5 u# x, R0 VLH：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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& g3 X/ P8 I7 e0 Y! CLL: 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. 0 p$ {! R5 e3 v, j. d% @. m1 ~
' v: D1 D4 a: m0 v. d3 ]5 CLH: 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？ 9 @) b t9 o! Z9 c# P' r T1 |
$ m1 l, f, B- u8 Z+ M0 MLL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations. ( Q* v2 r0 [3 p8 d! K
0 Z" y d" n$ PLH: 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 N! j: |, K$ O/ T, b
! D1 ^ w4 t. U$ PLL: 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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2 s3 G; I; Z' D9 L; h+ n# H& fLH: 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？ ) W2 C7 l; C* ^2 U Y
0 S( Y" S P+ J7 H7 C' RLL: 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. n, h! o' D2 L2 |) y$ ^- G4 K
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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。
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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. 5 b4 F9 M: }3 O5 r/ D( A
& _) u! e: ~- c, W( [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？ 3 V- {8 {4 c5 _
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LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit. 2 I- u! S2 L* z9 Q# P' @$ `, u: W
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LH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？
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G! W' U, ^- A& E8 ^, d9 k( GLL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. - H9 @. O" \* h/ @$ P9 o
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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. : [, O- L9 ]$ S" {4 Z
" o q1 Y. l) |' w/ T$ d+ wLH: 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？5 J( l4 |# _0 f: M+ ?, I0 ?
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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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LH: 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 j! x8 L x U0 ~- k" S# w
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LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. : ]$ v1 a' {+ d
; X' B. K7 C+ L7 J* ]! zLH: 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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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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LL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much.
* `1 z z n6 P" c! N: J/ zLH: 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！ & z3 Y Q: @7 H* f3 M: d
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LL: That's right!
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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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