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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; ?1 w/ @6 @0 ?/ b; ]) C. 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.
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. J, {! m8 V9 u8 o3 k% sLH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？

/ R( @) Q0 H! i- j$ V1 KLL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.

, @7 [( @/ t; w- x' |5 m3 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......

& @8 ^9 c/ Z: N) ~; H# h& J# w$ `LL：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？
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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.

# ]8 ?  h0 @( S& ^% e) p/ ~& rLH: 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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% s( ?/ u6 o2 m/ h( W, [$ K3 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？

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.
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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？

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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5 e% V  X+ Y# }+ F2 tLH: 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。

$ S' ~( b$ n; GLL: It's a long shot that my sister will come home to spend the vacation. She said she's going to Europe this summer.

2 K6 s6 `( I+ h& Y* V! 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？

+ e; }! o5 i( r, N, P; W* V' t3 I" [, vLL: 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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- i- k# v3 A+ {. e9 eLH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！
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9 X( \5 \0 ?5 a" \( e! 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.

+ G) S4 ]0 e6 C' O5 z& T/ k5 [, [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？
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) @( c0 U# Y) L+ c. CLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.  

6 X( u0 x4 r2 L9 S# b- _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？

1 O; q% t0 k6 ~! M' S/ t5 `3 b. KLL: 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。

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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. Z3 [2 o$ y7 ]' T* Y/ Y: g7 |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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/ |1 a3 o# l8 }9 F7 ]LL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much.
' @; w3 j4 n6 [9 Y. p3 G! V9 ALH: 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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+ q$ ?& g% J; b+ hLL: 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

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5 |8 A: ]/ z, Nthan you so much!