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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来源： 作者： 发布时间：1970-01-02   
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4 H" ]/ F* l4 S. U% C1 S2 \( V3 gLarry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.
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, d% a- D% o( }1 c9 SLH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？

, [0 l) p& @. e* c) v% QLL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.
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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......
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LL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting!

/ Q5 Z& e9 B; s, T+ hLH：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？

0 e4 s4 y$ e- P% [8 E$ mLL: 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.

. Y$ u0 B7 D" j, p# C% W& I& MLH: 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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" {, [3 g; D+ D: d; Y4 ZLL: 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？
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. |. g; B8 e% P% D# A- LLL: 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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! C: Q$ Z0 B, i: `- `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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8 @' I6 e9 E; N# J; aLH: 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。

( \2 o3 Q3 ?2 y! S# ~' j8 L: T1 iLL: It's a long shot that my sister will come home to spend the vacation. She said she's going to Europe this summer.

6 ~; D9 y% C  z) QLH: 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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2 K% x9 X0 o; i# w3 A* a9 g( I2 m, ULL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.

LH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？  

4 G- C- W7 b* u! e1 g5 L) X5 HLL：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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7 X6 T5 v* Q/ SLL: 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？

9 z) \1 b+ p1 j' b4 `6 ~" ULL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.  
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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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: g& |% t6 M+ E+ K- m' e( YLL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.
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/ P( ^# E3 X0 ^0 ~9 c9 OLH: 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。

2 C, f0 u! h& x) a" q8 QLL: 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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& \0 n# Y4 B7 N; N: C! `8 rLH: 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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7 R/ d/ [' d! j0 E1 t& |& K" pLL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much.
' t2 T1 d( p9 C( BLH: 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！  

4 e8 _; p) E" M9 T6 F" ULL: That's right!
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$ n3 L  S/ k6 u7 I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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