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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz
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; X' ~) \" I# w: y( w( m+ ^7 U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.
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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. ; F+ g9 c- _2 y+ z/ M
2 w4 X+ B+ A" J: h7 Y, t" f6 g. `2 gLH: 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......4 r" N1 z2 q' ~- n( C! e( W" c' Z
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LL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting! 4 B# F3 C4 {+ W1 L% Z" C/ }
g% S$ {" }9 V# J$ `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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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. ' W* r2 g3 t# S* I) N8 ]
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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？
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LL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations. 8 c" V& n7 g3 a3 f# Z
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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？ , q$ Z- G2 u$ p
) z( p! e- F9 k) |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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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？
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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. 6 f; q0 c8 |& o5 R3 P4 d
+ D$ t8 a8 m2 i0 }& F8 D3 w$ sLH: 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. 4 t% g$ F9 K% g+ z
* c/ u9 [; k* k# z) ]" L; hLH: 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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LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit. / [- L$ z# C9 R7 a$ O& M- c
6 q0 F9 x7 b3 fLH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？
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# ]3 l* n" h8 R; H4 ~LL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. ) \% t6 W0 H( o6 Z
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LH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！ " c# a5 n" K- O! ^, o
5 |- L; N( V$ [: L% m$ G( 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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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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2 F8 }" f- B% }; _ c7 F. _0 J% ILL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. + [% I$ H% W6 ?& n; q/ ?7 j) J
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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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: O k8 L# u7 P# A2 ~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。
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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.
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LL: That's right!
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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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