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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+ {& F$ U6 V+ N2 w# }7 G来源： 作者： 发布时间：1970-01-02   
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' H1 J; N/ N. D& v0 t1 f  h8 ~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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; H5 t) j9 X; e0 ^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.
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+ O0 I! A& Y1 W9 [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......
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% n. k8 k: e( I! DLL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting!

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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9 Q9 W% k2 N( R2 {" U* J$ r# q! L8 ILL: 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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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？

: S+ g. Z3 Z$ @LL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations.

) T$ @+ T+ u( C6 d" p: D+ d+ S) CLH: 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？

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？
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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.

' G$ Y0 x: U4 d# q) o7 G! Q+ B  ?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。

( s# l* k" @% OLL: 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？

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+ w6 V! l  W7 vLH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？  
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# K: e6 t0 P3 f% B- yLL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.
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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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2 P2 b( A/ ^1 Z6 A4 |+ p; LLH: 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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; {; m3 H; L( @LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.  
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; d6 S3 U0 r5 u% j( y" u6 LLH: 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？

/ x# f+ J( i5 ILL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.
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. @. ?% j) c+ @. m$ @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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4 X: H. W1 E+ @3 }6 ZLL: 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: 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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5 F1 B3 {4 H4 P( v( c' a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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