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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; e& p% P: }+ R; c" V& 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.
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LH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？
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# s: X6 l" }; L" b" Z9 y* w* ILL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.

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!

/ O7 }; W# _7 |3 GLH：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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! Y, o. s3 s# T* I; n" K4 V% P9 RLL: 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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6 j2 _! y5 p; t2 W) ~4 ^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？
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$ h$ [% s+ d# m- |6 ?LL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations.

; K% R9 ], z+ ?' r: x7 d8 M+ I5 K" |3 wLH: 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.

* m( P3 d+ @8 K+ v4 R# Z4 kLH: 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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& T. z6 T  s. N$ z' r. w9 M7 J6 JLL: 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.

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。
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9 D2 X) X( Y) ~) T" KLL: It's a long shot that my sister will come home to spend the vacation. She said she's going to Europe this summer.

, c( Z4 A- H! _6 PLH: 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？

! |; I+ O2 u% D, z9 j; HLL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
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  _" ]& M& z) s: @0 G1 kLH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？  
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& T0 g* @0 i, v4 ~" nLL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.

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/ z  Z/ h( y9 u# kLH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！

1 s# h" h2 }7 ^9 |$ eLL: 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.

: R" S9 _9 w% l. i+ L/ MLH: 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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LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.  
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LL: 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。

1 F/ H# E! M) p: X# j% \  cLL: I really don't pay any attention to the buzz about celebrities' personal lives. I'm just not interested in it.

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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% G# [$ O- \" M5 q& T3 TLL: 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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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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