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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6 I) O3 W% l% z1 }$ D* e来源： 作者： 发布时间：1970-01-02   
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& t7 C' V8 ?/ d! [; X- JLarry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.

LH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？
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LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.
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* Z" B" r) D, M( n5 z1 o) 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......

& _+ Z$ V$ a+ b( y8 l0 X2 y: d, yLL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting!
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, _7 D8 j0 O1 {2 l' o! |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？

3 v' P+ Q# B* _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.
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3 q' Q2 u- N7 q7 L7 wLH: 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？

* Y% A6 N# ~9 G* f: L1 mLL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations.
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; M" ~! |$ {4 r/ o5 X+ a4 fLH: 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？

8 w! L% j6 ^6 nLL: 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.

5 T6 c' w# n" ?! J* {+ r2 q/ WLH: 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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+ ?# m1 g2 w/ o! V# Q$ ~# \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。

9 C) p- C5 h# Y2 eLL: It's a long shot that my sister will come home to spend the vacation. She said she's going to Europe this summer.

LH: 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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LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
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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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/ @% \, e# W; H- v: Y1 }LH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！
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4 x' P9 X, ^* R% k& A+ [3 CLL: 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？

( H8 n0 S0 J5 BLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.  

  L9 |0 X, T' k, t3 {* _& A9 wLH: 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？

3 I* Z! {; p0 L0 tLL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.
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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.
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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。
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4 b* q6 Z3 G& B7 S7 {* u* hLL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much.
. U& K/ R0 \2 G* ]  @' u9 X+ \1 y1 Z! vLH: 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！  
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& e3 |0 @0 F$ Z" D! N1 C1 u# HLL: That's right!

: S; P5 d( R1 a; z! E6 ?( X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.
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