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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz 1 x) S. k9 J" B
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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. 5 |) N% R: x _. |
# S* H P: j8 y- ]( y6 X3 M& M1 p. jLH:Larry,我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀?
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6 h }( F0 p: y5 _LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.
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7 o+ j4 g {) h- O$ j# Z! c8 d3 SLH: 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......" { |! d+ P" A2 |/ q
& R" Q) h- R5 v9 HLL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting! 2 N7 D6 W( O+ W9 I7 T' Y4 |5 z
; e. o& A( _/ B( C& Z5 B' ^1 qLH: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? * K3 u9 v/ m& x- Y* i
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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. v5 j( F* N& n0 m# z1 I
5 G' v f* o7 p& h$ b" vLH: 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? ! l# Y7 W: z4 z l6 s
8 Q3 o' `3 S0 `( rLL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations. ) a! |7 h: ~( O) h+ a! G
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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? 8 m+ U; w$ ]( c! x
1 y( {. j6 J$ q1 P' p+ g0 d( |' F S2 xLL: 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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7 ] e4 o* Z# n+ ^$ J; b0 L" OLH: 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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) X$ \- P" X& ^- i# F8 R8 h* ]6 gLL: 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 j. i3 h, z; E, u, \! X' _; \
A. h3 A' c9 f) q! b0 ?9 l+ O8 O0 ?/ Z: PLL: 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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/ |- K- l1 G+ o, b/ tLH: 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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/ A5 P4 o9 N8 L- KLL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
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LH: 那么,要不要带件毛衣呀? " x) i z/ y8 `: z! m2 c
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LL:You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. ' {! R. w& A, t) G9 ~
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LH: Larry,你准备好了吗?我们该出发了!
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' E! W1 c' c3 G8 T. E( y9 E: mLL: 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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# [- v6 c/ w$ l0 x1 MLH: 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?! ^1 E& M& l% r( T& A U
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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? ; X) g1 L6 C* y% [% a% c! g( f. ~
: J) U) t, q/ q0 NLL: 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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LL: I really don't pay any attention to the buzz about celebrities' personal lives. I'm just not interested in it. 5 U9 w2 L6 _" D( H
4 f8 s ]+ f7 d" _1 ILH: 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。 . ~2 p% p# s; A
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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.
+ S7 u& F) P4 m: H9 ?1 hLH: 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! + Q$ _# S& T. g8 B& c! ~! X
( }% x3 A6 L9 ?LL: That's right! # {* C$ Z+ H+ X
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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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