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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来源： 作者： 发布时间：1970-01-02   
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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.

8 ^1 g5 K: X# n  k  h! _LH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？
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  g% P- U* B4 u5 B7 j7 {" iLL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.
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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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LL：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？

& F$ C( L, x! pLL: 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？

( L5 g- S" \4 F, C+ J1 a' c* O9 dLL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations.
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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？

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.

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。

* x2 ?0 O( y* M6 m% vLL: It's a long shot that my sister will come home to spend the vacation. She said she's going to Europe this summer.

8 S! i/ k$ C7 k2 sLH: 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？

. }# X, E" i8 N3 x+ m+ NLL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.

" ]% i4 N, v! V$ w6 I' \9 BLH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？  
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7 [3 J6 P7 S+ M6 I6 A! i& j/ u: nLL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.
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$ j* J+ k% `! I, G# Q3 YLH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！

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.

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？

, o8 D. c' k4 f$ F3 c) mLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.  

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8 U6 H/ p1 I1 _; D- v% jLL: 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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% N0 p+ S( W2 _* v' N' ZLL: I really don't pay any attention to the buzz about celebrities' personal lives. I'm just not interested in it.

8 e6 c0 R7 t( V8 N* @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。

! [8 X% Z- E7 o% o' A2 CLL: 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 m7 q, z2 V9 W( J1 \LL: That's right!

+ ]! H, o7 C6 d  Y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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