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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz 3 P$ p; U; n3 z! E
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$ h2 Y t0 Z9 D) x; J) ~: ILarry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. " b5 u6 p$ i# l! ]# {7 o/ X4 D
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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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8 k+ F# C* R% ]+ O0 ^LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.
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3 { j: D9 w I- bLH: 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....... F6 J( n- J j2 W4 z+ ?( ~7 \2 _
- d$ q% H5 A$ D* M s f$ }$ KLL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting!
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* {7 J" e R# i$ w/ o0 ~( 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.
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1 E( [: u7 G Y: y7 \* y8 }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. % D5 p" j8 q2 _, M0 R) a; u, E e8 q
) t% ~7 [2 Z; ?1 DLH: 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？ 1 X7 K c+ X9 o1 H# Y/ l
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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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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？ ! y6 c m% f, v, j( d
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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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# T. f3 f, w6 b7 pLH: 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。# s1 K0 A7 \, f \- p3 l
( e. k5 q( N- v1 jLL: 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？ % y. k( }2 p9 |
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LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
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LH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？ : J2 A/ d4 }8 ] Y5 A5 l" q
; h: y0 _5 t2 [( ], lLL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it. ) p6 H' g$ {, H6 [; r& W
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- Y8 j; i1 Y+ A8 k+ j# kLH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！ , w- F( s, }5 k6 ^) q
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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？
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" r3 E5 y1 v8 @3 LLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. : k& {! Z( s3 O8 n# `" Q4 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？ : o/ Y+ a- ~: H
; O( l: Y% x+ o T2 z1 hLL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. ( T+ Q5 v% f B+ H( D
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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。 , V4 O; t6 h* g* b- j
$ K& |" ~3 F/ VLL: I really don't pay any attention to the buzz about celebrities' personal lives. I'm just not interested in it. + Y2 A- [( q( N Z, j
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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。
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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. : Q( }- z; C u/ J3 U6 M6 {* R: l; O
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！
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LL: That's right! 7 C+ k2 m s% ?, L; H
2 ]( }* `9 M) u1 ~9 ~3 Z% w, P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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