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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz 2 l4 D* h; K- y( o9 x4 J/ ?
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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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5 m. B3 i% ~# d2 k7 gLH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？
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- l: y% l! k! ^; SLL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. % k3 {4 q. T# U; I
! J( t4 |/ C/ y: oLH: 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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" y' Z5 ^8 x* y: E$ j6 G0 ?, 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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2 g6 S: p) ^" z5 v9 ?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. 9 |. p/ L! w) ]7 S; Q1 B$ U
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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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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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7 s7 m T+ C0 F; lLH: 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？ , w" y' g G/ V& a S
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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？
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2 \" @0 S; U5 P; j) \7 X. MLL: 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.
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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。/ S. V. v2 p; t& p/ Z R/ r; W
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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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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？
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! ~7 Q3 W+ O! t d' e. W4 U( QLL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit. 7 T8 h* g- r3 q t5 F
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LH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？ + b# Y" g7 a. ~) Y
2 d$ T& k$ n2 X2 ]5 r. ~+ r% J7 WLL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. / |- o- [6 h* j: {
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/ m' d4 e4 y. M7 o6 nLH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！
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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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$ a y( l5 U3 {; w* j; ]0 ZLH: 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？1 ^/ w) \5 b; D6 ^
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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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4 p8 v- G- F! ]: y5 q& PLH: 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？ ( ^/ ~+ o) f# d2 C7 ^) S. m% p, q' A# y
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LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. ; P' N9 j2 p M) f5 H+ ~# j3 v
: s. W: q8 G- K N9 t E8 s1 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。 8 @5 H! h! @+ S% B3 _, F2 o
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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. 6 Q6 Z+ Q& P1 | z {/ y
4 m* g9 ], ^) G! a1 y# Q0 S# SLH: 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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1 ^, V# b$ V! \/ KLL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much. - V7 ~; s6 s' T/ p
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！ 7 @/ A R: o' F0 J4 T: v
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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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