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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz - D" o* x8 E0 X$ g, t# l- [
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) K- ^3 a D, O, I9 ^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 K" } s! a3 v9 r; V5 a2 M
6 c+ w: h% O5 [& yLH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？/ G. y$ s/ n8 ]; |# |+ |) B1 n. y
, u/ @" U' @+ bLL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. , Z% j+ }7 D9 O! x( m: B
, D! I* n- W( {% _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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4 x% ? P0 D/ Q3 \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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, y. j- ?. n! a: |1 MLL: 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？ , C# O6 b$ Q. h6 k6 k3 s" E
" b. o) f3 P1 K7 YLL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations. & W( Y( P+ Z3 Z( K0 }; `
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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？
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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.
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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？
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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。, J% |- v, C! y7 r9 P3 J7 [% M
% J0 Y* O1 K7 q4 U1 y1 HLL: 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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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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LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
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LH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？ % |7 N3 W1 a% C* }
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LL：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！
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0 X R2 G5 j$ yLL: 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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5 {2 t% W! N: o. ~: sLH: 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？. y- s2 g. v; c
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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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. R. Y7 `. @. ?) u- x zLH: 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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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。
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9 E/ ]9 D2 d% c/ W) }5 n ALL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much. 1 r& {+ U5 I$ G1 E3 s
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！
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LL: That's right! * ?: _6 H8 P. t3 q, |4 m
; s$ E5 e4 S8 e- b3 q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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