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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
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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. ; m5 ~+ l; O( N+ g4 k6 i# ?
$ I0 F& `' f" {! o2 c- l2 q9 XLH：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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( W8 R0 ~9 Q: l4 E: k6 C mLH: 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......) C3 Z& Q! Q! z! q
/ j$ E) [. m3 gLL：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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0 w8 ~8 U- m; _: ~* r1 wLL: 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.
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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. 8 G x+ P2 n" S4 s
/ `% O. v& m9 F3 J+ R% hLH: 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？ 9 i( ~% s4 z0 W! {( q, n
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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. , K% |& \+ W' \1 Z1 D7 J. t7 ?
. Q& t* e/ M3 ]7 H6 WLH: 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？ % |* M+ `) Y+ w; m) I
$ h. S6 k' \# t$ LLL: 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. ) g" g9 D3 a% h
/ }8 b+ v# A% _# r+ ELH: 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。0 @ }$ E( q4 F
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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. " M+ A# G; ^: N5 p. p4 _
3 ~0 D" |2 O4 O/ P$ J3 nLH: 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？ 5 W* T: w/ l5 x+ V8 a! j7 ?. o
; ]$ b3 V- N& G* h! Q7 RLL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
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' o: F& r( r9 b. i, T2 Y* cLH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？ " o4 {+ `+ @+ _# r" L/ {: n
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LL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. ) }# M: t4 L# K7 Q1 m: L }
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3 ]) M( C' e; I4 vLH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！ 7 d9 l( E. a& T K
" f/ o0 H. l" ^. O3 P. XLL: 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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0 }& S3 t# B; B2 Y5 Q* FLH: 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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LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.
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' i: O3 y% p e4 w _3 l% \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？ 2 ^8 p; \- y8 }$ R2 x$ X
. Y1 s$ [& Q! q" p3 ELL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. 5 B. M% @" X3 N8 P! q) A; h
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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。 * J/ [* W6 k" V2 q
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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。 5 k8 ]- S9 E0 `- 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. ! L* q6 J( v C, J6 T) Z
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！ / N0 }7 n: F' W4 c9 r C5 F
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LL: That's right! 7 H+ p5 E: Z0 N: V/ }
+ S8 T0 P, ?& V& Z: K l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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