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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz ( ?0 \! @# _$ w
- ^' l, H( j4 f7 A/ f+ p8 o" w$ b来源: 作者: 发布时间:1970-01-02
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8 ]; v, H+ T0 m U- c" I3 O+ i6 JLarry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. H# ]8 [9 k {* F8 N2 k
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LH:Larry,我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀?2 W; W- `9 \( A
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9 }9 g# g% z& j, o8 B! SLH: 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......2 i; l) q z# o- x, ?; i
- o3 r; U" I7 ~. o+ }+ QLL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting! 6 L* |- N; I+ z( z0 k* E- C
- Q; x* n2 ?& i$ u3 w( i" ILH: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. % ~0 o3 B7 h% W% J; m
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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? 6 }; p) \# z0 U/ B; X8 [/ d1 \' ^
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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.
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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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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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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? : N( M2 |; k$ N$ U: g) ^
) S! s; w/ p# R Q7 ZLL: 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. * M _* K4 w$ _$ n! F3 I" |
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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. , \' T/ Y! m# {- h8 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? ; z! O* e r% v/ R- f
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LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
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LL:You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. ' Z4 |0 `5 B+ z! R
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' a* N3 A* i+ U1 @, `4 I. ELH: Larry,你准备好了吗?我们该出发了!
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0 p' u: ?) D7 O! ~& b5 j3 ?) G) k sLL: 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?9 g1 @ q) m0 |9 n3 a8 X; I" v: @
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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?
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4 F$ s. H" b# n7 kLL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.
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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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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. 6 }" I- [8 E$ a
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! " y" n6 r3 D% i) d2 D) a
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LL: That's right! , i9 Q* v% r8 a; Z9 |( c$ N" Q0 q& s
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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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