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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz 4 x f7 }6 u* Z. @2 k; g, |
7 ]) v% ]2 S6 j3 _. y# C来源： 作者： 发布时间：1970-01-02
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2 q5 C2 ~$ B; G& T# U! a! H; OLarry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？
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LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.
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4 y, V f/ K. E, C% G3 k, d* FLH: 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......8 n* y2 l$ ~; s X6 M5 y
+ Y4 O4 S/ k: G% L- cLL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting! . A# ]; B8 a5 d' d; N0 L3 ?
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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？ ; h9 Y& T& e- e9 i# M
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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. - B# y; _0 y4 ?9 L
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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？ 1 M8 |7 B- R% z& ~. d6 \, \0 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. $ ]; h6 _2 D2 T7 ?9 O
2 f' o: H! Q) U: w: G- E% U5 pLH: 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？ # l3 z- w$ 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.
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& E' g8 X& B# }6 PLH: 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？ L* G x8 _: c0 k- r9 z d8 M. s2 F \
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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. ) G' f1 B6 |2 } R/ b: v% r/ N6 X
/ \, @5 b, F0 p' Y( `: x0 G0 t% kLH: 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。. a6 {! Q/ F% S" k1 a
& v3 w, k, ~; B) w/ bLL: It's a long shot that my sister will come home to spend the vacation. She said she's going to Europe this summer. 2 y1 n% A; D3 ?! W! p
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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？ 6 r2 L/ y- q, q
( j4 @. L4 p. r9 U* BLL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit. 8 B% M3 ~. e7 {7 |6 A' Z# I
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LH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？ 6 s' s- f) T1 A) W- U. n' J
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LL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.
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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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7 Q) A' y: d5 ~0 q5 l. n1 SLH: 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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* n; B A( c! r b# cLL: 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？ 0 V" V" D; N3 }+ w
- b% j, x% S& ZLL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. , s! e8 Y, D/ {' Y0 F6 j$ I6 ^
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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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: h3 w1 h# ]( q- [$ |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。
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1 V7 Y+ X" N6 VLL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much. " O- k) [( V3 ~5 d' Q
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！ " S7 s/ ^8 g$ T' b
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LL: That's right!
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7 X& G: _+ p' }8 C' J( M/ `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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