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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz % W3 r& p. Y8 Z4 v+ ?& @& ]
% {9 S4 v' I- z" i+ e3 [5 Z, d来源: 作者: 发布时间:1970-01-02
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, } Y; A& w4 _7 l; A8 i; 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. ' S4 C, J3 ^$ Q
9 _6 O9 K# c& X( L; I0 r0 aLH:Larry,我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀?3 \# x$ S; {& D. A" S! a2 E$ k
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LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.
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( [5 B9 `- r) C; G9 Z4 xLH: 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......5 @( Z* H: \$ f. s
* e5 I6 Q! B) ^$ s* e7 uLL: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?
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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. 4 y/ e+ n ~1 y2 ^5 S6 }' ^! ]
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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? 1 I3 ~- V: n' R4 j3 ?, C
# S0 q: J: ^ x8 L; tLL: 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. 2 l4 C D( U8 _( ]+ p
+ j1 c2 t7 o b0 t* @( M4 O! ELH: 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。
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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. ' F! u0 L1 i! x. @# H% [0 U z
( h: S+ f% i* Z" i# vLH: 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? 5 W2 c$ L5 A- H/ A5 L
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LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit. / Z) t, n$ z' R0 n( q6 i- p& s
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+ H; F- x3 r) i# c8 t5 K) uLL:You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. 0 T( B% Q) Y2 x" e5 `
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LH: Larry,你准备好了吗?我们该出发了!
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6 Y* y a' H X1 y7 LLL: 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. & P3 h1 `6 x' k8 x j9 Y
2 R' i v! J8 d& k4 f& JLH: 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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. Q( y n- V% |3 B4 eLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. , L3 p0 w) k. }% m8 }7 ~8 W T
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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? * J$ `& H9 u, v
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LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. ( Z0 `3 H6 f/ n" j% g; A. W) T$ Y
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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。 # t; X; R [; z% X5 P
5 Q1 a' t+ X# m! f, Q0 v9 j. sLL: 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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, z5 g# J' M# i2 s6 C. YLH: 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 Z* ?- u% n% A9 g5 V! `) v0 \
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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.
/ i S1 @% L. p/ FLH: 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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4 c4 D$ _( v( A2 n2 {' J6 q5 tLL: That's right! ! y R, I) L, @8 A/ k
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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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