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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz , {/ X, z8 E4 a! j
* d% V; B2 P; p$ s* n8 C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. 2 ^- P( p+ S; z7 u# V
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LH:Larry,我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀?% {* Z2 \9 @+ U- P; U) r$ K! b+ x
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LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. 9 N# [+ H. F+ y
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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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( H U3 p' m3 F# s+ W/ [: d: VLL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting! ) b# u+ n$ ~& T* C5 Z3 Q9 W# t$ G; z
, w# a! |5 Y, Q( r+ L3 D7 h( E# v9 ULH: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. 2 l3 @, T5 E+ ~7 N
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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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LL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations. 7 T" D+ [' l ^8 F# x5 _. J
+ W* t& w' w# y9 N. T+ eLH: 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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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. * s; c" e {2 Z! _8 q
( q a! {+ `; z2 o3 m( j1 KLH: 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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. ? K6 Q" L9 x: T; d! R9 fLL: 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. 8 g3 c! u, q9 v/ f- ?* {: a
, S1 A P' K# z4 l% ]/ WLH: 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。% `4 h" T1 Q% Q3 p) M- o
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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. ! @# t3 b, C, {9 \9 v0 V
2 f N# f! @5 t+ f5 g& L8 mLH: 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. " J+ N/ `+ _( \4 b+ c d% K
3 [ s9 p1 r& ?: w5 b3 zLH: 那么,要不要带件毛衣呀? - L! b4 @/ l7 b
1 o- @7 Z! L0 P- XLL:You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.
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LH: Larry,你准备好了吗?我们该出发了! ! [2 P7 e4 a5 G7 J7 N7 e1 Y
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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 X; @+ [. P: X9 P, NLH: 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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LL: 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?
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LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. 8 U, X* X( b$ h. F
+ R! E4 h% L- E" y5 J }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。 ' o0 B% Z" ` E$ y3 w: y
4 X, y; ` v! F' F4 LLL: 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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+ r- R2 S0 U2 D" R! E0 bLH: 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。 u) ?. @5 @8 |$ Z" A) [+ R4 |+ ^% d
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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. " P" e, o3 \- U8 u2 D
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! {' L- _$ u, p1 I/ t' B2 C
8 f" V- c7 }2 m& l# ]; \+ V3 C: v7 N) eLL: That's right! 3 T$ }+ z! E' }) {' A, ~
9 v, R; v5 @) d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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