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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz
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来源： 作者： 发布时间：1970-01-02 ) k7 g+ ~$ L* U$ P# \
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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. , {: }0 ?& ? U' @
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2 T6 j9 Z W N. GLL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned. + r0 Y9 }8 J N
3 P9 V$ m0 i+ T& p3 sLH: 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......- c' k) W, Y: c$ D3 V/ S: v
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LL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting! 7 h' h" T( C" I0 _! A* K/ D& Q: d
& G" t/ W |( E. O' n6 h" l, M" [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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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. ' [8 m; }4 s+ T7 c3 F+ W
0 }5 b2 E3 o. c; y2 M! F tLH: 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？ 5 G1 d: q# W9 h4 M1 v9 x" i
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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. & F* C: u) D# k0 _# B
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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？ 0 Q T. Z: N# z. k' b% W
2 \3 A: o6 L/ j' W: ^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？ * o, E. g' u1 s* o
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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. Q) y* P- v! z4 X8 B" l
, P% r8 E1 l3 p: ?% q& d; YLH: 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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: _) w3 M# ?6 O+ z7 mLL: It's a long shot that my sister will come home to spend the vacation. She said she's going to Europe this summer. ! h0 Y4 Z" Y( Y* `
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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？ 5 R4 {) f8 W# `1 X
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LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit. 3 B" Y9 v( b% Q9 S+ Z
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LH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？
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# J$ u( G% N! J( J( q& vLL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.
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LH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！ 0 M% w/ H( ]9 a+ x9 F
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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. 0 P- X% o- ^2 N1 F& m
/ o" Y1 r5 Y1 m$ x. W8 ~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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LL: 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？ 9 n5 i8 X3 u1 j9 B3 \2 \+ m6 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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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。 & U+ x* o6 G8 k ~
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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.
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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. , ?; f [8 w8 [. M) K' H& \& {1 D
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！ ; m' E: E' C! T9 i
* }2 q9 K1 h& ~7 o+ g9 VLL: That's right! 7 B& k" [. j8 g) i1 Z) _
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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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