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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz
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( B* C) C0 `8 E `5 v! E来源: 作者: 发布时间:1970-01-02
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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. 2 n/ ? Z$ c& H# }5 d- i
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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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LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. $ z3 N- _& S% t8 s
: |0 T, G( }& ]; ]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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# k, c/ K5 W( f0 k. HLL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting! # ]9 j" r; @5 n- X( b, m1 ]# d
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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) }9 k6 N3 E6 _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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' W2 v' _: B. \! a7 B% J8 W* z* wLH: 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? ) b {( o" z6 x9 w% c+ @2 _* F/ B; ]
5 f; H' n$ g( _) R! o+ HLL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations. 2 B/ N/ `3 H/ @4 m' O0 ?
( @4 m0 E ~5 k: R# cLH: 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? 1 f& v% [7 g( O% _6 K
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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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+ F# Q" _; g& Q" E) {* _6 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? ( v% p7 c5 Y9 ]3 `
1 `4 R+ j3 ?# OLL: 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. 2 H* G# `' ?2 ]1 p" S; u4 ^
0 L+ g0 T6 _3 E- J- Z/ w8 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。
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$ Y; m$ R% `+ S' a: L0 @6 uLL: It's a long shot that my sister will come home to spend the vacation. She said she's going to Europe this summer. - R4 l, T% x+ Z- |8 S. p+ ?
+ H) a# F* m! G% JLH: 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? 2 C! t4 ]; `6 M! A" r. t& X- c
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LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
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$ M; }; ?- n" S& jLH: 那么,要不要带件毛衣呀? $ P& z$ G7 J4 n# r' G2 }
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LL:You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.
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$ c/ x( O$ }* J T+ tLH: Larry,你准备好了吗?我们该出发了!
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' d; E* e8 i7 p9 b; U) E, 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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- I. F' x5 @6 ~4 `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?" e: m' @- A9 Z/ l! X$ e0 N8 f$ D
$ X4 I% l! Y( x2 p6 hLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.
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) n8 A/ P2 Y$ t d3 z$ _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. ! x' h6 Y* X* q# M" l8 S
1 _# Q9 v, p1 U% N: b+ J) |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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4 C! o0 A. {( c, eLL: 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。
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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. 9 L! `" J8 e# S" E- [, v
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! 9 @* [$ m7 E8 r" w) o1 i
" V% N, F6 d% qLL: That's right! 9 J& O! Y7 e K6 E$ _, \
3 x& V3 N( r+ K! f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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