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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz + w, k2 F4 K8 O: \& g& y- Y
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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. ) H% C- J: @; ?: V2 e
' D% Q, n3 p7 p) T, c6 e/ n4 k; ILH:Larry,我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀?' a t: q2 F0 T' H' \ \! U
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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......2 L* D! |( |; W* t
! Q; w2 N' W0 F$ yLL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting! 2 b; P- O1 Y, x. v6 d6 E' Z
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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? # k& }; F/ P- K) e( M, L
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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.
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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? ) E9 B" J3 m" F% n# i# U
. k9 T5 X$ }" Q `LL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations.
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/ Z* ^0 U/ [& o2 x, r% xLH: 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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/ t8 v' n! y2 Y+ _! VLL: 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. ( g1 H& f6 y; H& c) \2 `9 n+ |
^$ x- _9 E# x! i5 ZLH: 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? ; b8 I: q. ?1 m3 ^
: v* \3 i# F; _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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: _/ S, O1 M$ Y5 i' H- y& lLH: 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 l: P5 G$ p. V* s
& R3 {7 A2 N2 n+ x! f6 S' V0 _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. ; m2 Y& v. U7 G, g
8 E! y! T, i+ k9 G/ t9 g7 _1 `) i v- xLH: 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. $ U4 R) ~5 H7 i" c& `# n: K1 Z
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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. . W- x a5 g6 s# z) H
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/ w m' u) U' z& XLH: Larry,你准备好了吗?我们该出发了!
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9 }9 s" B* N$ H h( l: A+ j6 hLL: 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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& c1 C* U( _: @5 y5 |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?$ {- k. t) v3 ~2 a7 P
. s4 Y Z) g4 D mLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. 9 k5 j' P& {, P& j4 u, Q A
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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? " V& }9 ~, p! l1 S/ g7 |
" b* k$ S3 l0 V' r# v+ |# w, BLL: 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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, g/ w- N) k0 C1 H8 v' |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。 1 s! R" g7 |# M1 ^% I4 P$ B2 }
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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. / s' e8 c7 n3 G# k
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! : E. U7 I( c5 ~$ Q7 b, U
3 r; q" n* e4 ]5 H5 i$ f1 [LL: That's right! # d9 _" {3 d, s
* p6 ?8 I: y* Z1 s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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