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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz 1 ]+ }$ z+ |. \# c# U2 Q5 G' y7 y
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: e$ N, A& {* W6 J9 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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) {/ {8 v$ m3 q5 O5 sLH:Larry,我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀?
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$ B4 M! s6 v3 m& ]. d2 ?LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.
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& p9 g1 K0 a6 Y6 A/ N; G# ?2 R ]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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LL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting!
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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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! Q! q/ B$ a2 c3 f# pLL: 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. / j/ O2 g$ t z3 A- E3 Y, [% b. Z
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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? 1 V. t. r$ R+ r
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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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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? 2 f/ A) Z) L N
. N) B! t2 y& M4 B" X P4 kLL: 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. % g/ ?* y0 o2 f6 y
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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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. a0 I& O3 K% t8 y2 A: a5 DLL: 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. $ d5 A: e: q# z& V0 t# E- e
) t) j- B1 R8 ?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? 6 _: j1 K) c0 Q6 y( A) i* q* \. S
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LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
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2 @& A+ @ M. P# Y0 G$ ]LH: 那么,要不要带件毛衣呀? 7 ], J! C: _5 s9 ]& y8 |# U
+ q/ i$ O# E4 c. x) ELL:You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.
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# j: ?. T) X- w2 }LH: Larry,你准备好了吗?我们该出发了! # E4 C3 w& J, x) w
2 k- z2 u: N- k2 V; n4 h* \& z1 j9 JLL: 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. ' H. j T' s+ J2 x
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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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( }$ L7 ]$ e1 f& \( ULL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.
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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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( v1 ^% D8 V( p0 {3 U+ JLL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.
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" @$ C5 A% |# L0 f# NLH: 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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LL: I really don't pay any attention to the buzz about celebrities' personal lives. I'm just not interested in it. 0 P; }/ q! E7 S; m5 T* `6 D r
0 F. ~& y! B. J: X+ R: b; xLH: 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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6 T) y# V" ^ C, zLL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much.
5 @: q5 V7 t s. L, }; kLH: 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! ) W, s& X3 C- f8 S+ s1 H5 b
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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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