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  
- J) G; R- f* ?) O+ C3 h* {% Z
2 p! s! T! z( s( d7 k4 _  R, M1 J来源： 作者： 发布时间：1970-01-02   
7 U$ w" f2 H( J* Q/ h! v' s: q! v
: @0 Y1 s! d$ C/ Q. O0 {( WLarry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.
( O, v2 {* d! Z2 F
LH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？

! r" N8 P) J7 Q  OLL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.
& s5 M4 w4 B6 m
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......

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

1 u  ~- q% {' M8 `$ ^( yLH：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？

, l- j; v# r0 L$ h$ f7 o: lLL: 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.

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？
* [) I; Z% R  z1 n6 u
LL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations.

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？

, j- K( m& u0 n# d' A4 ^% N' ~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.

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？
) {: W$ z; j6 o3 J% m
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.

! h# }; B4 D2 j' G  W2 J8 ^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。

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.
, H6 c  c9 D" v8 c8 M# B
$ y9 ~, Y( b! U, ]( iLH: 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？
+ V4 _* c/ Y" _8 x& B" I; |7 G
( d6 K% r: D# q8 S/ @! e; s& c$ KLL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
0 M* G/ S6 a: S9 j3 i
6 j- I; Q! p2 y& V4 P* |LH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？  

, L2 J/ b6 a2 f# D6 ^7 A7 R& ZLL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.

******
LH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！
% h! `% u9 y! X2 q  E, m9 I: d
; S8 A3 w% n5 F" u# RLL: 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.
: i- f8 e2 r7 }, }! i, ^- Z& g) [5 o
9 x1 d; t6 f. T+ ?% f6 ^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？

LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.  
* ?3 b  z$ f, O
) z. {0 Y* m  P* B2 ]! b# \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？
8 O, ^' A) @* x
LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.
% V5 S* @7 A5 C5 ]* Z7 T* b
0 V" f* N7 u8 ^! w2 l% x6 c8 nLH: 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。
7 W& [7 U5 @7 |: v$ s6 ~
LL: I really don't pay any attention to the buzz about celebrities' personal lives. I'm just not interested in it.
1 [4 h, l2 N: z: ]3 P
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。

" I+ v" R! O* r% fLL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much.
, F# T0 t, s. ^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！  

LL: That's right!
$ k% C6 v) {+ d& b& F, f
6 o. b8 `9 O' @& y7 l+ k! t5 k& 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！

home_ed

Thanks for posting 流行美语教程.
. s$ b6 u# u6 _& MIt's really a good course.
, H, f1 g* p6 @( Xthan you so much!