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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# q( B6 q  F, q/ o: j- C( ]8 ELarry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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  u8 u. p. Y+ _6 C* M* o: k- NLH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？
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" ]& z* w. l9 b5 c: l7 QLL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.
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- Z; J; `! [$ n- c1 m+ [2 ~& b3 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......
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2 x: }( S  b6 }7 Q, i/ H, wLL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting!

. r3 _9 H" F- \5 \' b7 v* zLH：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.

2 a0 ^: Q+ `5 _3 T5 z, }, i% p$ @4 ^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？
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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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( |  Z# X4 [0 O$ v2 q7 rLL: 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.

+ Q  h- J- L* u  l' ?( M2 VLH: 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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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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9 h5 F) X/ g$ Y, g! {6 \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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0 f" M6 M/ c6 F- YLH: 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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8 T+ J( G6 n# Z$ ~( C, mLL: 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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LL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.
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/ ^+ h+ ?/ e% r/ i) A. TLH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！
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9 Q2 q$ m* |, MLL: 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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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？

2 Z2 x. P! j& i6 PLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.  
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( S# Q: V: [' _+ K% 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？
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" ]; k5 p, J' p0 D3 N. @1 FLL: 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。
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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.

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。

LL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much.
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) ?1 G2 o9 \5 E- w8 l( vLL: That's right!
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  J. b+ T  y; E; j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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