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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz
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* I3 x, h- K% g! L4 r来源： 作者： 发布时间：1970-01-02 6 x+ N" K- |$ ?3 l$ d. X7 {8 `/ H
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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. " @- \# _& m# N. f
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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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, k: x' K: L2 s7 [LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.
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# L* T- V! B; B* W* {) L% uLH: 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......" e3 V+ m7 D8 A' K, L
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LL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting! . n$ p8 R. T5 b
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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？ 8 B* ^4 v/ u3 h
1 m3 K; N, R TLL: 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. ) j7 K3 j2 h* y$ q+ P' H. s
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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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' o" D, {, X% dLL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations.
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, ~# |: m& {* v BLH: 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- j9 n! I* K0 V6 ?# Q$ v
$ y& j1 Z9 m7 `' lLL: 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. / l: r: v- t% p6 b \
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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？ ' \: e% E( V; g. }) Z% J! g
8 O* H. ^1 u' S( X8 C9 p. K. bLL: 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. % ^7 e1 |8 u5 p/ c9 `; u
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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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. S/ J6 p( ?- c# Q0 KLH: 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？ 4 n; Z1 p3 ^6 v& [6 ^7 s
% O$ L$ z% P* ?LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit. * x# }+ h# N1 e- \' j
" y9 |) P# m9 S3 z) j" q/ S, } bLH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？
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LL：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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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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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？% U! e. K, z# k4 e$ u5 x
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LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. 9 z0 ~$ F2 n5 C, o7 r
) b3 a: L3 c8 x7 m5 lLH: 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？ : C2 l; n+ Y% L4 W. \1 T
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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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0 o) i- ?9 h$ V- X2 f% VLH: 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。 & c1 P( D0 D% ?9 d; I
8 q/ H$ F e& }0 _* _- j/ \! kLL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much.
' L: ?' A. X0 Q" h! K7 cLH: 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！
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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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