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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz - o: n0 H( {, Z+ j7 _' h
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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. 5 f4 d J3 m! \3 i$ v
G/ i5 K: A/ \9 l6 X& L# XLH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？. A# o. ~( S! N3 d
' }" s# a. C# C/ ?% DLL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. 5 t) e s. x4 b' s% X0 b) u
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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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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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7 X: F+ h" h! Q$ e1 ZLL: 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 ~6 Q, I( H* |1 E
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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？ 6 ~7 \1 d$ y7 a- g2 f- {! H2 V
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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. 6 W U" m/ Z) M7 X
9 _6 t8 l9 S" Y: 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？ 5 ]2 E9 w9 s7 A' x/ f* V
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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. 5 T4 g) Q$ n4 Z( ~
. E3 Q) T5 A: x2 T iLH: 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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& ^ T9 j& A+ i$ D$ a6 n9 a- H5 mLL: 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. 7 c$ L4 Q9 m* F5 v! O' o" l% c
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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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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. 5 z9 ?+ G5 b+ ]$ d: n) a
; g* y7 M- J2 p+ RLH: 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. ' g" y, X6 t) M% j0 P* A
' w H& C0 `* g4 a" w1 v& t$ {LH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？ " _) S- p0 R7 K4 J) I; S5 L
& ?6 ]6 k( t+ L7 v+ l: d# jLL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. % j: h& z% u3 \) b* u
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' w1 F; }' J H6 |LH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！ ) Z! g* F6 W; e1 E! ]
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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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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. + C( p% t& Y4 g2 ?4 a
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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.
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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。 , v8 N' c n! M: D) s. P6 u1 {. |
1 ?( Q5 o1 ^+ ^LL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much.
# Y; a$ S' i- R: 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！ , o+ D8 w, r8 {! y% _9 H
9 E( G: [- I2 c; _9 D& ULL: That's right! 9 N& V7 K% z$ Z. \9 t1 K. _2 [/ d$ f
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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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