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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz
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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.
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3 w. X! I2 T1 U# z3 N6 RLH: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.
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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......; ]. n5 O" A' G9 r' a6 H1 @
3 j9 Y' j& K% x; p. U1 F) s& tLL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting! - n2 [) u+ p$ _. Y. m
$ O0 T. |7 l& @* A% ]4 N+ wLH: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.
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s+ [) f0 J9 yLH: 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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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? # `% d) I( I9 u* Z( Q/ U5 n
0 z A! F; F/ i, G; P% p, RLL: 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. 1 X" y7 f8 @4 z. {
1 y) h" O- H y" {; X' x+ qLH: 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? _+ P1 K" Q2 c3 v S- @ G5 J
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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.
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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。
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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? 9 e/ g, y+ k! ^
/ V5 S; v$ E- |9 ILL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
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LH: 那么,要不要带件毛衣呀?
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% L% S% [6 H6 s( [0 o0 E/ A9 \9 ]0 pLL:You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. . a9 |$ K n- U$ d( |
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9 [" U7 V) [- t8 n; @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. % s' ~- ?- x5 X( b) 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?/ ]4 w0 U2 a; Q8 b' h3 e
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LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. + [6 y- t. o# E3 t6 {
% V. f/ {5 J: MLH: 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? " P, j% ?+ R. U5 M# m7 Z7 z' ?
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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。 . X2 W% p& r7 @- ?4 B& c
" w g9 q |% V' n! MLL: I really don't pay any attention to the buzz about celebrities' personal lives. I'm just not interested in it. - L7 u$ ]* \" P5 L5 J: S- |
% o# X" `8 g& NLH: 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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: U& m; n2 o0 w$ K* B$ l; [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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