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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/ N# m* _8 y0 e' B0 n5 dLarry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.

: M1 z% Q$ X8 F+ iLH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？

0 x2 C# L0 K& u0 j, `& [& M$ ^LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.

4 g) b7 J) i% e0 ?3 q$ wLH: 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......

5 x8 a2 t  _2 w5 V* u( RLL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting!
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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？

* V* Q  V5 v1 `7 S, |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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7 e8 P+ b2 M# bLH: 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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4 G- E) W3 h  Z/ K4 ?5 y. PLL: 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？

2 C: `' t% A  x0 B7 CLL: 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？
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! P5 e7 \; }$ FLL: 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.

% P; @# y3 t+ H8 O% k0 k2 }0 J" m$ JLH: 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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. m1 M; i* a. f1 q1 MLL: It's a long shot that my sister will come home to spend the vacation. She said she's going to Europe this summer.

' W1 F. q4 Z/ B- {& T/ \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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; J3 A+ L6 j4 f1 G6 q6 NLH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？  
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7 [# w( b2 L4 U! \% F$ r: ~& E' b' qLL：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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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.

; J+ n3 Q2 p8 j( h' d3 YLH: 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？

: o9 ?8 ?1 g* z" V8 LLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.  

  K% }" Y3 s) f1 f4 F9 W$ SLH: 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？

  L) M, e$ `/ F. V7 X, Y4 xLL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.

: u2 Z2 U# O4 }& E: Y  [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。

  Y1 g: L& g- H# v9 ^/ O1 fLL: I really don't pay any attention to the buzz about celebrities' personal lives. I'm just not interested in it.

9 x- a1 U1 H. l+ LLH: 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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) u# T  R. V" M! ~! \* uLL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much.
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！  
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LL: That's right!

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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