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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz ( C) T7 \' z! t9 s
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来源: 作者: 发布时间:1970-01-02 " L. g# u$ U4 A: C7 U( t
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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. 4 h( [. V E4 g& A$ l! H& ^+ R/ D0 x
' O% z& ]% O9 d* s! s# eLH: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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2 @9 T1 J; o$ L! iLH: 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......
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9 C1 ^* |! D D/ d- _% {& h6 c. d cLL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting!
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; {* q/ d# P* B$ n8 x* fLH: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? ) |! @. q5 V7 I$ p: _8 X/ M& Q
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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. # Y2 X& @7 d. u
! n( b+ G: ]# R* B6 _2 {( hLH: 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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4 |/ N3 L4 n" ], OLL: 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? ; E" x/ u+ H7 h$ t' c" y
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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. * ^& L9 w+ e0 ~0 b" y
/ y% H1 u8 j1 C, r: QLH: 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? , S/ |4 r8 K) y. V! p2 k- \
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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. + `3 c% y a; G. U4 p& F) Q6 k4 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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; e% [ C1 Y/ C; D ILL: 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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. h8 n' n9 U% m/ LLH: 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? , C) j0 g/ ?/ L: R. \' j$ [6 w3 L% d; t
5 h% J" n7 d0 H m) {- F) HLL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
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LH: 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. 7 T& e% W( {2 A. A7 q0 w3 l0 i
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( e3 `* C2 S" ^0 f: D1 i! L: q8 ~0 XLH: Larry,你准备好了吗?我们该出发了!
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- W) H4 _% \7 s9 H$ fLL: 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. ' A2 S- @2 j" N! v4 O6 d, U0 a% R
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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?. ^7 l/ Y# [# L
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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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/ A/ ?* S$ e, {& OLH: 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.
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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. 5 G4 i) s2 ?. ]7 T& V
1 ?$ ]3 y" \1 pLH: 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。 : U8 {4 J- Q( h: p; g
% c" V; M( x% a& OLL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much.
: a0 g7 ~4 V- ~% GLH: 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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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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