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

Xbfeng

流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz  
. g" K7 k8 |6 [. I* \
来源： 作者： 发布时间：1970-01-02   
+ x3 w6 B- r! ^0 w
+ @6 X7 j! H' G4 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.
9 g, A+ q* {  M2 X" @4 x/ F. V
+ T3 [1 Z4 L3 G! W0 j: aLH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？

' L' M2 D$ V1 L( yLL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.

3 |: e& C* y  Y) ?( d2 ?; ZLH: 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......

LL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting!

- S  R! X. O2 _& |. l9 xLH：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？

2 N; h' G) B) |; Q0 a) E; g4 X/ JLL: 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.

; q5 P0 e/ Y3 `% \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？
. \9 q; O# f: E
LL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations.
( L# k6 ~8 j8 F3 |! s1 ?5 z7 Q$ q
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？
) u& I3 x3 T. E* P3 ~
& k, z5 R3 P+ [- \6 _/ hLL: 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.
/ Y+ z& q6 I! c
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？

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.
. [& q4 L) @, L0 K  W3 w
: P; V) K9 `/ @  bLH: 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。
! a7 D, R2 @5 t  Y+ r
9 H6 l0 y+ m5 L1 e9 b" U5 R9 T8 L  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.
" v" p% m& u+ Y- H' ^
, w' D8 H7 ]6 `( k3 p* RLH: 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？

LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
2 e# Y) i: P% {0 P
: i. i$ |8 v8 P0 ]0 nLH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？  
7 l) N! Y& w4 D# ~- J8 C# ~
LL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.
  t9 }+ _" W4 G# K' t, a
******
LH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！
9 R9 f" `" }7 e4 j/ {
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.

& @) K$ e0 v; T2 T: n0 hLH: 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？
1 i6 m& c5 j& n! ?+ d/ L6 A
LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.  

' a/ B  n" u$ n+ _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？

LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.
* N/ _4 A5 j$ b" `2 ^
7 V. }) F) @5 J1 {* gLH: 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.

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。
. k( K7 o: A9 @. B, M: m
LL: 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！  
  t+ m1 B  E3 Y7 f7 n' C1 V& j
LL: That's right!
8 }/ w2 E4 E( ?# x, Z
# G9 R, N8 u. u8 B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！

home_ed

Thanks for posting 流行美语教程.
It's really a good course.
than you so much!