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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz

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发表于 2009-5-12 18:46 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz  
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: Z: d% U$ h& C- T% `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.
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LH:Larry,我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀?, t+ a. k% J' J6 w

9 u1 A$ @+ R% |( B1 [LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. 7 J8 G% J$ }6 ~( a

. ~+ i( t. t8 Z4 qLH: 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......1 j; K0 V  z$ N# u9 V
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LL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting!
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6 Z; Y% F$ [3 s6 J% ?& M( nLH: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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( {3 O  w, v6 F  g* k" h) C& Z& oLL: 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. " k3 Y4 `/ U8 {4 z' K
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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? 5 a  i( G6 \8 V$ S( b$ j4 |

5 v- d1 _+ o+ u- Y6 wLL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations. $ I* K3 _5 x+ @& M
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LH: 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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# J6 o7 M  Z, Y' G0 F3 j  hLL: 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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LH: 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? ; x" V4 X. ~8 g2 {& d. _) I

3 y' {: H9 T$ `! _+ U! a7 x! p6 T. fLL: 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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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。8 `9 Y9 `' }3 `) D$ c. y4 g

0 q1 x2 C) u1 x1 C3 ?7 H+ WLL: It's a long shot that my sister will come home to spend the vacation. She said she's going to Europe this summer. ! h5 X, `5 f- s
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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?
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3 ~3 U- i7 @' P7 [0 mLL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit. ! {! F2 F0 }# ~! C+ E

7 f" [. ^/ u0 B& W" }+ TLH: 那么,要不要带件毛衣呀?    |  A: H) t- v8 F, h
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LL:You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. 7 ?1 ~# A. D- A, r" P& ]

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LH: Larry,你准备好了吗?我们该出发了!
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5 Z" \$ y0 o! q: |, D8 wLL: 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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: N8 o" m: G$ O5 v8 d" X2 M, `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? . k  R; j! Z7 S& `. H# ^
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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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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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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。 + r* R  s  Y' K% q

% ]+ u* c6 Q1 sLL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much.
  S( A& r# ?( iLH: 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!  ) n) i( p& X  Y: Q- f" o

) [- {- }( Z" w2 j$ m8 M- mLL: That's right! 7 a* q/ _0 l2 b$ v5 N+ V
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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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发表于 2009-5-12 22:48 | 显示全部楼层
语言很地道。不错!
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发表于 2009-7-18 07:25 | 显示全部楼层
Thanks for posting 流行美语教程.
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than you so much!
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