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

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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz  
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/ v! C5 Y+ s/ F+ H' CLarry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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: S2 L; W8 F& a& O3 V, xLH:Larry,我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀?% U/ D$ r$ k5 z5 Y
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LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.
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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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2 U0 p! u' q' J1 F! [& I; dLL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting! / f; D1 {! @$ h9 G* P8 w

' r" n/ z( e# y. A" @7 \  vLH: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. 2 w  T" Y0 e' }$ G- m1 P

8 o& k$ r! I# s2 [( t! LLH: 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.
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3 X2 K) Q5 T; r/ x; z" s* @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? ' }& b3 X) |8 g" [

$ ?$ `1 T  k! X4 D8 sLL: 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. 4 G* l/ f! g+ ~- Y# ?

' w# \. G7 E* x+ |$ v) 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? & N1 G  y, b0 P+ m, K

% d1 Z3 n. P+ M1 ]7 K) j$ aLL: 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. , c$ K* L+ C1 J, C6 l, X2 o

( H- X/ W- ]  c6 OLH: 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 I. T! C$ D# C6 C4 x- X4 D+ Y6 D

, {" S. ?# L5 N- \7 P# g& e+ mLL: 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 g2 m, H7 F% W( C1 W3 h

  o% a( a) C7 c0 r  PLH: 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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) d3 r! K- z# ELL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit. 2 I2 q7 h' \; ?9 n2 K

/ D; {$ E7 f6 k6 r( T1 z8 NLH: 那么,要不要带件毛衣呀?  
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; G  a* h* y+ o; E+ F. gLL: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!
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5 r0 z$ n+ }: KLL: 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. & ]$ ^, [6 z, Z2 O
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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?1 Y# K- g1 v( o& s. ~

% ~3 e" p1 [* |) n. KLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.  ! H$ C% ~0 Q% Z, k8 k

: c0 A+ u! i. T/ zLH: 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? ; l8 R0 a! u0 k
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LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. 8 S9 n: U* H  z* R) o$ w
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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。 + s% f0 g% V6 I5 I2 _

. C4 p2 O6 {6 R# O  `( \' R" DLL: 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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7 ^9 w$ P7 `3 L, PLH: 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。 % }, t; R2 c2 C: q* f
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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. 5 D/ J2 L! d1 B% a
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!  
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5 o4 L3 Q5 H( b! O: 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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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.
% p) k# T2 O; W9 BIt's really a good course.% j: q' l2 ?! |- s4 j) m& e4 P
than you so much!
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