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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz / w% f& E! I' x; v# ?
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! ]4 i* W% Y* k- ]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. 0 C' B4 G6 H2 [. O0 l4 M+ d; Z) u
3 R3 \& y9 m4 Y! I& yLH:Larry,我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀?* D* [( m1 J- S
7 b7 A* B( r" s9 H `* _LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.
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LH: 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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; g: r5 c' M5 K0 ]* x# P. T. A! QLL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting!
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; j! Y% {/ O6 W p, ]: v1 iLH: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? - Q: l& W6 ~" s! P
( @2 n+ G K. XLL: 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.
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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?
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9 l/ H0 R+ L4 R [" i+ E' ~* KLL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations.
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7 ?2 b* E* `' o) ^* J' yLH: 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?
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6 Z$ _0 N- _! Y' N) ^: SLL: 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. 6 \5 V. }4 C1 H$ g7 y: R
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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? , I+ l& J- V5 G0 j6 K; D: E
1 `6 L) D% L) _5 L6 m TLL: 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. & `4 E; w3 K' M- x- R! U, w
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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。5 O0 t1 d5 ~# i; ]/ F0 {8 s2 ^
0 Q6 n! R" l% uLL: It's a long shot that my sister will come home to spend the vacation. She said she's going to Europe this summer. 7 g8 ?) f' ^* @/ k9 }4 j& o- ]
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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?
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, A7 R2 N9 K$ Q# J1 ~2 [) YLL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
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LH: 那么,要不要带件毛衣呀? * T0 {7 z! y+ K5 [* \6 O
9 B5 N) q8 }: A( pLL:You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. * Y8 M2 _6 U+ L
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9 [6 `/ k$ N3 p) T1 m# f8 z+ k9 WLH: Larry,你准备好了吗?我们该出发了!
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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. ! z; F; G$ o1 |
% T0 c) `5 w) s; W$ }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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8 B8 y4 T2 y1 s+ D8 T& [5 f jLL: 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? 5 e, k( ]- ?3 s; I1 m. H
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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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( X3 C* e0 ?/ h; v B* iLH: 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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( G9 O! D( Z; v) y5 G% _LL: I really don't pay any attention to the buzz about celebrities' personal lives. I'm just not interested in it. ; I- u/ V1 q3 g; e
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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。 5 x* o2 ^: ^# k7 A/ M+ L
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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.
6 L2 [& M/ i9 F& T9 z' LLH: 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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. j5 n, j. P) `6 x: X/ p% TLL: That's right!
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8 I" q# c$ r6 [/ I; j% O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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