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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz # p z2 R3 J* {* x
; E6 D3 \! I7 L# q来源： 作者： 发布时间：1970-01-02
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# A1 e, j" f7 Y# i4 y% b& ZLarry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. + V; ]5 z$ I- G' e+ b2 H# {. N
# O; E" E* Q a" JLH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？
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8 C/ H- s4 M# f7 p" eLL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. * q) R4 _# L% ~$ h8 R
0 K9 l6 m L2 D% VLH: 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......% l3 p8 k+ q% R( i
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LL：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？ 4 v6 g5 u! k% i) m- k5 K
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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. 5 R, }" D6 R# v: |1 t' M1 J
5 @; r8 z; U- E: j% cLH: 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？ 3 D, v7 }) Y2 N% q" R. p9 V6 U
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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. 6 k, Y: a- @1 x$ e; `
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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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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。3 H- V6 s7 [ ]% t
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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？ 8 Q* c' J* e! X
" Z( K K7 x' \# J8 TLL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit. ) q0 w8 t7 W- o
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LH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？
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# V9 _* X G+ v8 E8 E9 BLL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. 3 q' W. W, q6 Z, D4 u
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0 K1 q0 v5 X# u5 }( G" |2 C# Z! eLH: 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. 0 W* M' F0 }. n* E @
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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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LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. ) }: l7 y4 u( C/ S6 u3 S
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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？
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LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. % k3 I# I, F/ }5 t
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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。 ( d/ _$ G5 Y) y4 u
: I" c# @# p \; P6 kLL: 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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/ b% X2 [# P9 b6 I( vLH: 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。 # m0 k m5 m0 d6 X
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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.
5 l/ R! S8 M1 P. g3 OLH: 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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. A1 A, c) `! H1 G, h! w2 PLL: That's right! % |4 `4 a* I5 o" o2 p0 M
% e; ?/ N% X2 x3 ~! b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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