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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz 2 X9 {2 V7 |/ D4 T5 [/ v# Q6 w, x* O
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# o! n5 a2 n7 X6 h; Y9 zLarry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. * S& Z3 K. Y! v0 V
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LH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？9 v0 l$ p! @" x0 C/ z
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LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. 0 l: E& W" F0 D. u0 L. G& D0 k7 G
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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......5 P P. ^9 C/ H1 L4 c" M6 @. |+ N, \* Y1 _
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LL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting!
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( P# h% B; Q% `& f6 Q& fLH：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？ + J( I8 a+ M) {0 R4 c& ?; D; ~: k
* ~) |: z- b. a5 a, Z; H3 N/ ALL: 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. 1 B, ?0 E3 B ?0 ` |/ ^
" @3 v5 G2 V$ d5 g2 [6 MLH: 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？ 3 @5 f$ Y2 }: V- |$ n3 n
$ U' {# ~) N& s+ U! fLL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations. + z4 U0 n6 P/ a4 P
+ K2 w" G, x+ ^2 p$ V0 B: I) LLH: 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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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. , P( q/ y( P$ z4 e' j: D
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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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( Q% G: o3 |8 D n, U( ~9 QLL: 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。% { x: {3 W! h! {) g! K m
3 R2 s% D0 J& J0 w( ^7 W4 Y4 iLL: It's a long shot that my sister will come home to spend the vacation. She said she's going to Europe this summer. / c' B5 X4 [" U* I0 R: m1 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？ ! f. l; k7 L' y; k5 C l& u* y
" K% e# O2 }- N+ C7 u* }1 nLL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
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LH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？ 1 E* T/ d2 x, C; y: L0 D# A
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LL：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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LL: 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. / i/ q2 D+ A9 @
- F2 V+ F9 f8 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？9 |, K/ b# y5 k3 H( b: k
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LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. 9 y' S' Y; S3 p
2 I1 ?3 @4 w% U" p* L/ \$ Q/ R! iLH: 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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+ f8 R2 M, w ^5 S# Q$ o4 WLH: 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。 ! R1 C% k! g1 r7 }
0 v0 W2 E9 |" R% n' M3 c# s+ x# ^LL: I really don't pay any attention to the buzz about celebrities' personal lives. I'm just not interested in it. - C9 M8 A7 d0 {, k( ^! W
( Q2 E' [* e( F- _" ~, JLH: 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。 0 ~' @, b9 k. Y. c% W8 t) x
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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. % e, N5 W$ |$ A% x
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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8 [1 |; M9 l% V5 B9 l- X0 y' i6 m' wLL: That's right! ( x6 X& Y: N/ Z
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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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