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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0 ^# Z- l) b6 r9 ^" bLarry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.

' H. d$ Q8 J" }5 b3 _6 w' zLH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？

LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.

' c1 c; Z& |) nLH: 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!

9 [! ]1 g; C) D  MLH：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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& |/ s% I( k$ C! 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.

+ q& @3 \& E5 V# e& RLH: 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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9 I8 j0 p. k$ ~# ^- NLH: 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？
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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.

4 ?1 j; G6 I, d' GLH: 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？

! R4 A  w" i: @+ ?( M6 [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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. D; k+ y; \; MLH: 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.
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9 \5 c. Z% p* N  ELL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.

LH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？  

LL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.

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LH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！
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) I) I, @: Y& _- }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？
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LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.  
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  T4 d) V9 D2 T6 B8 g- P+ Y% ^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？
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7 z' o: h0 S/ H" A0 W9 ~LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.
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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.

7 N! s* q( `+ X# uLH: 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。
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LL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much.
& f3 k$ F+ c' x, q  z9 CLH: 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！  

7 \5 W0 J+ y" F( vLL: That's right!
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5 T$ y5 v+ I$ N/ U: z. ~' H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

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8 e! D8 v( \: p/ W! l7 ~# E9 dIt's really a good course.
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