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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz
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7 Q5 [/ y2 i$ h/ y. a: I( J8 `来源： 作者： 发布时间：1970-01-02 0 A, z) n: ]3 l5 w9 b
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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. v$ W) k9 i) D# D+ C
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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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LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. , M. j2 G1 R3 x0 o* d
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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......1 r+ P) @6 j7 C% R! P
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LL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting!
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0 h5 V' ]6 V# P2 |, y4 yLH：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 W1 R: C! _+ i% Z+ D& p1 C+ m* a
. A2 M% j- F) v( X9 cLL: 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. % z2 `- R: d0 L
* A+ X- C+ f4 P7 iLH: 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.
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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？
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9 f4 u% `8 F* K5 ~5 vLL: 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？
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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. . [- `5 `/ p1 y: |- o+ N/ @8 L4 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？ / h7 `+ d% V9 ]" O0 `* w8 M5 e, w
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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？
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& h/ L% q$ Q' ?( Z6 q2 QLL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.
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9 b, g2 J5 K7 H4 cLH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！ % X( Y/ M8 m: U# a2 ~
' E* g5 W( `, vLL: 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 k7 V. D p7 j3 }$ r6 W" |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？* V, @7 b9 O2 P
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LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad. % T+ t# H6 S2 l" g) N. u
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LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it. 6 M7 }! G& ~$ I3 S. _
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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。
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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. . r0 ~0 B* q2 ]7 ]3 }, S
|" Y/ v( R, ^. }: ~4 LLH: 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. 9 F) q8 b* c: b9 O6 q* D1 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！
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LL: That's right! # z2 p: n8 a3 \" c. C: w
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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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