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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz 5 K/ F0 E1 `/ C' Z& e* V- Q' l
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来源: 作者: 发布时间:1970-01-02
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( G" j0 ]" f4 R( ELarry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. h2 n+ u& ~8 B$ l; ]
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LH: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. 3 a+ p# ?1 t+ v4 T
: ]; H) U2 ]- H- \3 y LLH: 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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LL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting!
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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. ! d# @7 j F6 u2 J( d
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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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_5 [' z; }; J. ~$ \# ?2 JLL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations.
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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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. H3 a; M0 Y& g0 ]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. # X8 `( B9 c1 D, {- k. v
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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? " ?* c3 a6 f8 `4 C
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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. 6 C. c9 B) E) {7 Q5 Z/ l2 A8 m" x
+ E' z0 C' I" B2 HLH: 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. V- L- K1 }$ ]; l/ P9 s
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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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+ ?( _% n) k) H! @ M6 Y7 v" d! ~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? $ K5 m" A8 @+ a* T& R* A
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LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
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7 s8 r2 \; ~# P& [* O" g# lLH: 那么,要不要带件毛衣呀? # {, ?: |" L0 {7 P T% J
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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! 9 s6 D5 _3 {( |6 k
7 O9 p1 l6 G1 jLL: 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?) k F3 u0 P# w n
R. S3 N/ k7 u FLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. # y; E. V6 X5 ?7 E- Z( r. p; E6 i F
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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? ) e' p" P) i1 C4 L. U
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LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. ) c0 p$ ]; p/ M+ [' B
3 f6 H3 A5 X0 r. }5 B- f; 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。 9 Q* Q p) w4 n# Z9 W6 Q+ W6 K5 w; a
y/ t( G; i y* J" p: RLL: 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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2 X# v3 l( N8 s# f; J) H& |# _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。 * ]% u0 B) l$ ~* ]3 u+ `
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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. " T+ F2 D7 f4 O# E# e: b
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! $ N6 L; m' A! z) Q+ S; E$ q
2 p* M) \5 I' r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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