流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz

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流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz  
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- a1 @; K3 L9 t/ x& ?; G( mLarry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.

2 P4 J, r& N4 y5 kLH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？
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7 R% o6 L2 o( G( |8 {- Q- N4 `% ALL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.

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......

, V* _- a* @! \2 l9 J, DLL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting!
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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？

5 _2 Q6 q! {+ _# |! k" ^. G& Q* WLL: 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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6 l0 L6 ^) A! V5 L8 c) J' KLH: 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？

LL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations.

8 D+ V; i* W2 _, ILH: 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？

$ h! c) F3 Q. m  OLL: 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.

3 ]' Y( m; Q1 GLH: 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？

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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" J  i- O. ^  c4 W% J8 R7 KLH: 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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) ~. k8 }! g# ALL: 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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2 y0 D- U6 r; o, p# M; eLH: 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？

8 w2 Z6 M/ d9 U( M0 YLL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.

1 S/ _+ x7 F: n$ |/ YLH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？  

LL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.

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9 \/ [, O2 X" H6 i% H1 f8 c( RLH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！
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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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0 X3 L, r2 n  R. H, K9 i2 OLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.  

: V: G2 P9 A; {8 QLH: 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.

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。

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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: e+ h8 I& o( R8 _) HLH: 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。

, n9 K4 e: X" a: l1 a  @+ FLL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much.
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!
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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。

billzhao

语言很地道。不错！

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