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  
: `: k2 U$ k7 n! V2 ?# ^( p/ z& }
5 J& z& e  [2 m( g  a' N来源： 作者： 发布时间：1970-01-02   

- n! r4 q" L' j6 k! }( x0 S; G8 zLarry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？

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

( s  Q6 q6 ^! m7 M6 sLH: 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!
, s* I2 u3 S0 K. l7 \4 q
7 P9 h* }9 H. z" NLH：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？

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.
' |' {1 Y( P7 i& J0 o; s* [
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？
6 |" V' G; T. }: c
LL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations.

! a# g9 I6 X* zLH: 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.
6 w4 L1 Y1 L, Y/ V8 o! e
4 }) I$ v( B' b) o. W: lLH: 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？
: L6 F. ^+ ~+ M, Q
9 u+ B& a6 X# I; a- W" |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.
' N/ v( [+ N  I% ^& R/ O0 L
; C! a+ x) p: WLH: 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.
1 M+ y( N& G- \9 ]' X3 [
: D3 H4 @0 `. O9 }/ D, NLH: 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？
% l, [" R+ s) x. z' `: z
LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.

: p3 `4 q$ }/ s  X' L) e0 T1 z5 ?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.
% o. s0 j6 o1 z) g! Q
******
7 s$ f: Y7 W. e% x1 b/ @# XLH: 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？

LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.  

) n, @1 H" t5 {' o) r4 G; ?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？

3 x8 L, a& Q9 O7 BLL: 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。

4 ]& ^( r6 }) pLL: I really don't pay any attention to the buzz about celebrities' personal lives. I'm just not interested in it.
! K2 i( K4 x! y  V
( m1 {- G$ }8 Z, u" m5 i7 VLH: 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。

" |9 j  ?  r; wLL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much.
% ^' |3 u; a- L! x$ J1 O3 i# JLH: 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！  
& i; \! R  a. q
. r; y4 m, I3 q& b3 s5 ILL: 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！

home_ed

Thanks for posting 流行美语教程.
It's really a good course.
than you so much!