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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz + |% D+ ?; ]: ?" k1 w' E
, B6 e3 _0 J, i3 \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. 4 P/ t* k& S- }. v4 X
$ Q. [4 u& l0 X1 B0 a+ D; pLH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？
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1 M. M" ]8 _2 U& z0 c TLL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. 0 x) E2 _) ]% r5 W/ E% L% o' |
$ m# J4 ^( s3 y) n# uLH: 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....../ _- q8 @4 g! ^1 P/ V9 Q, U# k' Y
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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？
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2 l+ I! s9 ^' P" S9 ~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. ; f8 Z1 J+ i$ v$ y' T' i
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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？ . B- A% O C' S6 R1 H% E/ S8 x7 |
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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. 2 @) k/ j! r: }% i
! c. v) b4 W$ i6 D% vLH: 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？ 0 L$ f. Q3 z; f' ?
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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. 8 Z8 `% e$ t: U, d; v! M
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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？ 9 Y1 O# K6 F; Z& S4 j e8 u0 O
) B6 K h3 W: E- F4 X6 u5 {1 rLL: 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. ) c: G4 p+ x; A, M
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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。( C+ F/ ?5 k. R: t
1 ~: ~: _% G m6 Z% sLL: 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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/ G; x8 l1 Z7 ?8 e6 j& \8 c TLH: 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？
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LL: 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.
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* l; O" o' ?, H3 w; [; g2 wLH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！ ' y% {" O! T! w; j1 w; T4 p, @
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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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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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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？ 5 T( c z, W) s, X% q, u5 }
$ z7 }7 P! F1 \LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.
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/ x" R9 n& l% l L) n8 k, }6 J3 YLH: 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。 2 |4 \' M! ~/ J. W
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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. 6 Q) _ f% w/ k1 B
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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。 6 n% ?# O' D) r4 N, @. L9 S
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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.
9 l( v" Z7 R' a2 ?& | mLH: 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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LL: That's right! . ~8 y! j' J9 E3 R" u9 P
. a- Z6 Z5 }6 P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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