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  

5 G/ i+ g& J' X& M4 k  `; L4 v来源： 作者： 发布时间：1970-01-02   

: n; S2 I3 {* g3 I7 G  {* 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.
5 [- [+ p3 ^7 G) v. [
LH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？

4 y- `/ {& x9 P0 dLL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.
) p# [/ W+ f0 h5 k# u$ f9 f. y
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......
/ G4 h! g  q# t  S* {
LL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting!
3 _# o7 f! D9 W  E6 x
" ^* \) F0 K" ^# XLH：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.

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？

LL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations.

' R7 @& Q# h4 s3 V  ^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？
3 S9 J  b4 S( W: J' R# ]9 C/ x' F$ L4 v1 Q
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.
2 Z3 P5 Z, r0 M) J7 s* P( I
) {. B& `1 u6 E1 h0 r7 ~( e4 PLH: 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？

, m2 d+ m  A7 k, v- ]& |7 ZLL: 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.
% }2 i8 c! G+ i* Q) g* ]
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。

. J8 C( Z' ?& }  B# }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.

4 \' k: y/ _+ Z2 |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？

- g$ ~! u) ~9 Y) F$ F: WLL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.

+ v/ J, J4 L/ {5 X7 \; N8 m6 `5 oLH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？  

LL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.
+ X$ B1 j; B  H. s
******
0 i/ S5 `. }( E& I, n2 q0 tLH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！

" p# f4 h  w8 A4 t/ b+ y( E2 m5 LLL: 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.

' O' }( Y5 t; ]2 ~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？
6 k0 Q. w# A+ w( E' g4 s$ M: @( }
LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.  

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？
+ x8 I4 B" k2 B- O: |
% l& ]$ B) N+ f; {/ v, jLL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.
0 b: D2 x0 _3 d  k1 ?/ B; x
; |( K; T0 v" H; FLH: 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。
" s; k# d' a  p% i( z! H
. Z/ F3 J0 Z0 U# ?. n! ULL: I really don't pay any attention to the buzz about celebrities' personal lives. I'm just not interested in it.
7 e7 k8 H7 z$ c0 j" R7 z
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。
+ u/ q' M. ~' x1 q/ B7 B
LL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much.
; i7 w3 n5 B( A6 J* [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!
5 Q* j% o5 M! d: L$ g; U) R4 p
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, z' V9 M0 F( F7 h  S9 E: ZIt's really a good course.
than you so much!