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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz
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来源： 作者： 发布时间：1970-01-02 & l3 h t9 t2 a0 b, M
) D9 R' B* R; s' a: y% b: a, A& j* BLarry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.
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LH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？
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% t7 n4 R/ i( ?! o9 h5 ~* j' CLL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. / w1 b3 i9 K! o
/ {/ L# B2 A2 b- Z& x2 i4 PLH: 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......$ @) p+ d& C' ~2 T) E' N# T
3 `& N$ G$ }9 d- m( mLL：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？ 2 r! h/ I) b1 ?. T
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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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: H$ d. d* Z8 ?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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8 s* R) G8 R- V$ a1 u; |5 ]LL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations. 9 B& X$ m/ f8 l {; M
' X# P% e5 c" Y; X/ _" Q; W* QLH: 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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9 D( A7 | [. HLH: 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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, F; m3 }* \7 |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。& b" S. V1 h" f! P. ~: ]! Z, @0 [
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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. , i( {6 i* T: o' [( J
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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？ / L8 u9 \0 I' Y
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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？
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( k1 X, l: c8 q5 y0 \, O. [LL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.
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4 f2 h, B1 Z6 G9 H( ~: a1 tLH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！ % C. {8 s) s2 @
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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. ) X8 V! o% `. P
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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. & B5 V8 `( U/ J% ^2 c: V
* p5 R: y( ~9 p: O( l0 P# W1 OLH: 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？ , t( L; w" @) \$ _2 Y$ Q
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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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! p# U! k2 \* N& } rLH: 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。 x# J# W# R1 J' q9 s9 Z
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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. ' h X4 W' P, s; v1 {
8 u% o% B, v& A+ u( p8 x& V! jLH: 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。 ) B5 t+ @( |2 ^
+ C0 R( F, t8 O9 t( ULL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much. & q% \, y8 a! a8 f+ v4 F
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！ 8 E4 }+ j3 Z1 W( [9 q1 j
# C6 }& T2 \" DLL: That's right!
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) C8 d U! n1 y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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