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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 2 o7 o0 B! a5 l, v6 E
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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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* r) C' `# |8 u' n* s5 ULH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？9 U$ D3 r S: t; w, O
! V) U( I I. Q; W" ?( KLL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.
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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......, \3 E; j6 Q d0 ~( f! a# R% c
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LL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting! % |; f; h B. I. F+ L. x
; d( U1 k- j- n+ l% NLH：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. 2 v+ s, G" }! b$ s5 v1 M
" ~% c" a% N9 Q$ ^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？ * N8 ~4 Z# F/ Y) l- R' n
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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. * D T8 ?7 B8 s5 i
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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？ ! ~4 Y3 Z: |4 I3 Q9 x; E8 l
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LL: 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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* Y" |% @% e) \, t+ k; }& I: BLH: 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？ ! X1 d* `- x R8 f- _% ~* {
O7 g6 v+ n4 c2 N2 {: N7 R: hLL: 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. 3 A5 I. p+ {3 [ ^2 p- @' m% N
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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。+ i c, Q- R5 Y) ^! @# m5 v
) f3 d1 t1 V) ^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. - p/ H% r1 U+ w( A7 B/ ~% }
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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？ 7 \2 G" w' B6 p& e; f0 Y- A
$ C# ]. {' Y+ L/ \2 SLL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit. / ]( ]) a2 f7 K) E! P$ a
( g, s' f, m5 B9 ~LH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？
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% _' h# S' u+ k0 B0 O) r: |LL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. 7 T- l/ N8 w7 Q4 e6 ^8 f; p
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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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LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. 8 ~8 B8 t$ r$ f% M$ Q4 e4 g
+ T4 C" _) a0 n0 Z ^$ I( W. ELH: 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？ ) Z+ ?1 i' n0 D, w% e" b
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LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. 4 M3 W3 x$ O6 }% }! u# B, v$ u+ U
. g: s+ R( i4 X3 a) `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。
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4 ]6 _7 r2 \# u/ ]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。 $ r& b- W4 Q3 U* A+ `
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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.
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LL: That's right! 6 ?! O. s) e4 R3 R
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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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