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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz : y7 B* V" \! `8 Y& k$ [
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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. ; |% P) W3 V2 |2 Q1 _7 K
* f8 l' `: q; G: _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. + C: G% ?8 V: {
- m: m+ m& j! n7 K1 rLH: 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....... n/ h6 Q' R& C2 E; C* D: v- r
. D- H+ j* o. @4 D1 {LL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting! X6 Y' L4 L. S
0 R& Z8 b5 m3 gLH：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？ 0 x$ a% J: e, a5 K7 F
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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. 5 f1 H$ V+ K. E5 @+ V
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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？ 9 \5 E; d2 k! s- u
& j& x1 k5 Y) X. w( gLL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations. 4 _- f$ i* q& h D9 c2 \& l# W
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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？ / W7 s5 y$ H1 b( W
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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.
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' I0 p E2 [7 F/ X6 s5 ?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？ # N- H7 M! C j+ @/ P/ t Y. h U
( w: q' H! B3 d' BLL: 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. $ r9 F' V' p# k9 P+ P, h0 }7 h! U
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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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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.
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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 K9 ]/ S2 x/ Y
( f% I7 w! }0 ~4 wLL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit. # E; B) r* a6 ]2 E8 I' h
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LH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？ : Q: j# z' T8 k/ j/ Q3 O/ x. b' ?7 Y
; d! N' \- i H$ F' nLL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. 6 Q& u. e1 j: o* ^) Q
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, d- K ?( A' T8 J( f" q5 X3 qLH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！ ! V) \) B7 O" ^9 Z: ]1 x
; J W; y, I- X3 OLL: 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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LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. & Q& p, p) a0 B4 E' r6 n
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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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LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.
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z- }) p1 ]& q2 w# \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。 - h4 q8 w. F3 U S' D/ ~$ C
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LL: I really don't pay any attention to the buzz about celebrities' personal lives. I'm just not interested in it. 5 L! P1 S* M; R) J/ E6 R& N) f
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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。 $ G: @2 L4 {4 X
4 v1 s0 X i: y( _1 n4 `. y7 CLL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much. ( A b8 o& j q) C1 w% ?
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！ ! X }# c. x" r$ j2 a3 k3 \
' o- c. ^! J' m6 |. }LL: That's right! 3 }+ U2 p. V! F' r' F5 D
; ]1 ?7 L; j* q5 M( ?; Z6 T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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