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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz
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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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- U: ]9 E/ h6 R& cLH:Larry,我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀?# K+ W) W) y) {
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LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. / g! c# |! r9 N2 B! K
" c- s: H9 z; y9 MLH: 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......) z8 ?( y1 a% b) j
0 ~% f: L" h F8 Y" L pLL:No, there's nothing to do with shooting!
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+ S7 |% j1 l& E7 ^* s3 TLH: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. S8 W2 J1 l& i
+ O+ T5 N) r* |$ D% j( C5 XLH: 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? - f& g( O3 i5 Y) W Z4 ?( v. Q
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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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# \7 ~9 I2 B, ~% D* JLH: 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.
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, Z3 x& N! Y+ m/ D( p/ m) {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? 4 u" V) u7 t g1 H8 P" n/ X
# p( U5 }; U, r% F$ A) zLL: 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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" t) A7 a# p0 CLH: 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。1 R1 X6 [" [% J# |4 ?
! _* H( G6 J; _8 r1 hLL: It's a long shot that my sister will come home to spend the vacation. She said she's going to Europe this summer. 7 ~2 x% q5 l$ D& I7 _
! l( V* h @' tLH: 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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( b6 ~7 G4 O- C, `+ ^" z2 `LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit. 0 H) {9 |) H( z1 Q0 r o
4 X( w. G0 D7 T( ]" `LH: 那么,要不要带件毛衣呀?
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LL:You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.
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: D* ^3 K& t; P. y3 y6 hLH: 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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# ?5 d7 ?8 }& tLH: 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?* @: d8 A/ b; b0 J9 X2 t: Q- [
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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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% E9 T; T: M& p$ `3 ~8 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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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。 ) @! }. |4 l6 l# q$ y6 {
' J, ]: x6 A: E( d) cLL: I really don't pay any attention to the buzz about celebrities' personal lives. I'm just not interested in it.
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1 m+ s4 S$ M; K2 W2 L! G( |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。
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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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4 ~9 P+ ], w5 c0 V: T! LLL: 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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