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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.
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LH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？, ]9 }/ J# I, T2 @: B! w7 b/ q) C, k
- I8 c i) O, c1 wLL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.
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LH: 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......' I9 ^ W* O+ L/ Z$ W' C
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LL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting! 0 J8 i5 F, F4 w( o
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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.
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% k' h) _( m4 f9 y7 c" ^6 u) ~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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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. ' r! l- u8 V0 j) c
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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？ 4 d8 z7 \; }0 L+ R. c: s$ M
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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.
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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.
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" y L/ L& b! wLH: 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？ 0 V" v+ D- h: L p9 N
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LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
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, F# X! f2 i$ ]5 mLL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. / N- ]0 y' {) Y1 |* W# O
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LH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！ 6 S: y. f' P, g7 a- J: B i" Z
8 G4 C2 H" ^+ e' F! X" ^; ZLL: 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. - v" i+ A0 @! ]2 ?- l0 {
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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？: q9 f8 |8 @4 _
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LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. - D I4 c( A# H, M
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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？ , H+ r6 a0 @9 @3 K* Y5 ~7 X
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LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. 3 H* t# w! B0 `3 X I4 Q
$ ?7 H2 ^7 P V* J/ NLH: 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.
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$ |" y! k4 w. ULH: 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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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！ # F( O5 c% B6 X) u6 ?) d. J2 {4 l
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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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