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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz
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$ l7 |1 |, U2 f& }) b( m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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3 t. Q& m2 n" @, E8 c0 P3 ], RLH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？
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1 X Q* I. v# ]- G! Y1 N1 _* v; FLL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. 8 U1 i9 G" e" A8 p
) d, y) q+ @0 u5 a. ^) 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......- j+ `/ w7 Q7 y- k( k s& v
, ]0 h1 i0 d' E+ b1 C- NLL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting! % ^& ]% B- }. Y, k
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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？ # x- z( C$ P0 m7 I
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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. . j1 v3 V' G- Y' @
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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？ 9 q' T6 W$ N* z4 O L7 ~6 M
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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. 4 t/ m8 F4 c2 N: R9 a& F
- ~& h- D+ G- n) ?3 p" ] `; OLH: 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？ ; J! g9 g( D# v( J% q6 O
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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. . y* D; Q7 q$ Q, R% v g1 D. O
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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？ % K8 v8 M# D0 }; @& }
: d2 v9 v7 {4 j, p* S+ J* {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. 4 t) k" F, K. ]1 m$ Z( C* M8 v
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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？ $ H, F) o' T' b, n) G# l
2 j) W0 A9 S, {* s7 J6 L. DLL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
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+ q/ P, T# ]7 F9 eLH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？ 5 E- S6 ~3 v& O8 w
" Y0 Y- T8 ]7 X, b8 }' Z9 ?LL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. : f7 j) i5 ], i* n" |& a8 h/ l' ?
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5 U) Q! _3 R9 J5 J) _: S9 p; E" N* sLH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！ ; s& l5 ]8 s, E5 I- D m. N' M
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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 x3 W, a% o9 d6 g b
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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.
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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？ : B q# t. H# Z" ]1 N
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LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. 8 b7 U6 o- I1 I$ j) h, u
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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。
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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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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。 4 Q- j( {1 y; s2 z, ^2 u5 ^
; c! V, {0 d+ u, j8 b+ qLL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much.
8 ]' e6 }% ?4 u- ILH: 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！ . V- {" s# U4 K9 s7 Z0 S& a
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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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