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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz
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4 I2 l% D% \9 vLarry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. + g/ T5 r) t q4 i% Q8 g
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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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& P3 g: @4 N9 U. c- P* ~; ELL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. 7 w: f9 e+ L8 y( v. C3 F
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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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0 `. c( z) {) X, O# yLL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting! 4 H, e+ w/ m2 d& y+ @$ n0 L
7 S* X J+ S: |. T: r* C' xLH: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? . o1 w( j/ K3 R: u2 p0 Y. `
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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. ) ^ E( l ]5 x- ?+ [# N$ d1 r
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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? & F6 A8 e9 _0 f2 V5 O* p, W
' T+ [4 v5 ^% o: s6 K8 f* bLL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations. . y4 V7 K! X$ t9 B
) _. o5 n/ C2 a5 H1 L- ^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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: Y' r7 M" k# \0 b# g/ _+ qLL: 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. $ g7 n5 @% d4 Y* V6 {. i
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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? 0 e0 v1 l. v5 y5 _& f
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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. " _ x. v( X8 ^# w- T7 C, D
; m; J# [( c) [. xLH: 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。# h0 j' a! e" s4 ]
j& b* m( M: e7 CLL: It's a long shot that my sister will come home to spend the vacation. She said she's going to Europe this summer. : |8 _3 R, K2 _& K" e5 U
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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? 3 i9 E3 c, B( r( e
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LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit. ) W) D! X0 a9 H# l6 ?8 d% b
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LH: 那么,要不要带件毛衣呀?
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" ^3 D2 E3 l7 xLL: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! 2 a+ y/ O' n1 j% ]8 L6 @. r/ R$ {
7 ~( n' S' y/ g6 y% gLL: 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. * j8 D h6 |1 d- k w( x: A
! e$ q$ {/ E, S" L e$ N$ WLH: 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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" C+ A9 G0 `! aLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. 6 \2 `3 H! d/ s8 i
8 C# o3 K/ d8 g6 U6 q( j1 PLH: 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.
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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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) y' t: T: u b) nLL: I really don't pay any attention to the buzz about celebrities' personal lives. I'm just not interested in it. 0 z1 i H9 K: d# y9 B* x
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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。 ) ]7 L% v/ Q/ w8 z
0 \0 ]3 r* p, x2 M& K; e8 M& cLL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much.
9 Z% x8 t5 Z5 m0 t1 u* 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!
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. p3 ]6 {, ]. R& z4 R8 F' \LL: That's right!
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4 y9 P: D" k% E: f0 F5 {2 ]4 F5 O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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