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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz
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" w; C# p! l2 n3 A4 K! dLarry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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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.
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- ?- h; w- o. P/ bLH: 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! / R9 v% R7 w- t
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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? ) t6 b, s6 t! d# W0 w# w; |
1 [5 \5 \; ` W3 v3 QLL: 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. 6 `6 Z+ m E- H
/ ~) M( ?1 B bLH: 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? ( _; Y7 I# [) |9 A1 W6 ^# q9 v& D" c
$ U* Q7 Q+ M" \6 f( n" Y1 y C8 JLL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations. ! o+ p {) n7 c4 L$ n$ f+ H9 P$ S
$ p* X; p" n) ^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? 2 v6 [0 ?2 k1 i
$ L+ H: T2 {6 K) z) ELL: 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. . i I; M4 G5 [2 @
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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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3 Z8 K' M8 S9 U7 N, aLL: 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 a% j# S9 q1 g$ H0 Q% M4 T& {( |
+ T) y, g0 W$ }: C# dLH: 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。$ H8 o2 t4 r9 F/ {- _
) H" {$ R! G6 d- E$ cLL: 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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$ k" _3 S, L8 I' x8 \LH: 那么,要不要带件毛衣呀? % X* \! ]% t4 m6 E' d5 X
3 H& y# a1 s4 ^% [( MLL: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!
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( a* L) Z5 J7 |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. ) P3 J+ n$ E* G0 L W
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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?
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0 x" {# i1 i$ ~4 s( w4 t" X/ uLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. ! x9 t+ }5 g' y3 ~4 I
8 K; h- W3 q$ [0 |& }' _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? 4 v5 E: c4 j b+ k* X6 d/ u- Q
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LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.
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7 _, f4 s% v# k6 g; v3 ?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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LL: I really don't pay any attention to the buzz about celebrities' personal lives. I'm just not interested in it. * F1 q! K$ J; b$ Y5 u
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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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% U% ]0 m# b* S: jLL: 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! 8 y, ~# u8 A) e g8 O
* W. a9 u" e: n; Z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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