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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz - T, V% P" N+ E6 k o; w! |
1 D7 k E E1 B9 d8 x6 A( q5 w" A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. 6 |' F# B+ I' f5 v* Y
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LH:Larry,我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀?
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! v9 M: f& k9 {# a" P3 cLL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. ( K) i8 |9 Q; a `& Q$ v' A, N
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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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7 Q+ m- ?2 W! D6 z" c+ nLL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting! ! W0 @* r/ C4 S) b) ^, e) E
' ^3 E4 s7 O3 @% Q1 z5 qLH: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. 1 ]5 b' S" J8 `! c9 Y/ I J
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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?
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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. ) e+ n4 [/ Y: U/ V
0 o! U/ |: b: ELH: 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? 5 Z2 T9 v2 }. N# c
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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. % g/ S0 {. P' i9 U/ r
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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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( B. O# y' ?% o% |1 D- y% _( rLL: 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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% @% _; ] C+ x! p9 v# p/ tLH: 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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# f6 V0 y$ z: Z) CLL: It's a long shot that my sister will come home to spend the vacation. She said she's going to Europe this summer. , P# |0 m- f3 x& g! h
7 o: y+ p5 K# p! aLH: 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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5 v% [0 M" K: B( CLL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
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9 d/ S- B* r) C/ L- VLH: 那么,要不要带件毛衣呀? 4 ` l, f$ j$ A, H
2 o1 M$ M' G- q7 d7 {3 F& w# CLL:You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. 5 K7 h9 `, o4 T/ H$ ~4 W: v
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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.
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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?8 H/ i! i9 O' K) P& F7 y' C
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LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.
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s$ F9 N) I/ ^* |' r9 V0 T1 XLH: 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? ; g" C$ ?# s L) ^, J) c
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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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: `/ U4 j5 c7 w4 z5 b7 jLH: 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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. t0 W! _' R. ~, ^% C- T6 nLL: I really don't pay any attention to the buzz about celebrities' personal lives. I'm just not interested in it. 0 z+ U5 ^9 C. N( l6 Y D: L
2 L4 D9 A" `: T) K7 f' Z% wLH: 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。 3 ]" U( b; c7 b, A
9 `" b% I# O& V4 k }9 \LL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much. 0 v9 ]3 {* D0 w+ Z8 q! B
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! 5 L4 r+ V/ J* J7 t
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* |' p0 V; i6 b* U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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