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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz
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1 T6 D* e4 s: _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. - n5 j+ G T. V+ B
: |$ H! K; Q) ?8 }. `% o4 Z2 ^, GLH:Larry,我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀?
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7 r& M7 S# \4 Q( vLL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. " R; E. f7 E: d5 E r6 H
( z7 l0 O# S6 V6 ~$ YLH: 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......9 ~$ {7 i7 C. q9 Q4 D. t
! q5 l/ f1 f) a! M k9 o; G( ]" `LL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting!
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" V! V, X& N- i' ZLH: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. / R3 l9 t: ]6 _1 e- y
$ v& d* S- I, r5 S3 GLH: 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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4 |8 m2 T( |8 ?2 k! ~& O1 gLL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations. $ _/ O% u7 N' T+ l" `7 [3 p- e% N
: f- A: Y8 y8 W* H kLH: 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? / Q% @# L8 P% N' P% H% m9 y2 J
6 T+ s2 x M% RLL: 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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( O- L1 k1 [6 `7 ^/ M8 wLH: 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. 4 V; r: Q0 z* M% z7 b6 G2 T
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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.
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* F7 d5 Z/ k7 x9 ~8 [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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* E9 e; G& h" p: qLL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit. . \# ~1 X5 i2 l8 o
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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.
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LH: Larry,你准备好了吗?我们该出发了! / ^, A) ~" c" V9 P* N& b* H) U
3 \8 o4 A4 L9 I: {! jLL: 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?' z/ Q$ D4 y2 D1 T
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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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4 }1 t, T; ^. ]" e5 h3 T' w- ULL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.
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7 S! m: g8 l4 F5 y5 U! dLH: 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。 8 R; P1 r7 v8 t9 y
# F" Z- u0 u. mLL: I really don't pay any attention to the buzz about celebrities' personal lives. I'm just not interested in it. ) L/ ?. d$ z& S. K6 a7 ?/ f
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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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LL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much. ( W' C& N" ^$ q( 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! 2 v( `3 q" h" y; r1 e
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LL: That's right! # V$ h' i! @) r% K4 n, W+ A+ q5 i
5 O$ q* ~; A: n* s7 V0 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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