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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* g7 A  M- y( g6 ?7 H2 `2 x& _来源： 作者： 发布时间：1970-01-02   

3 s2 t6 m" Y1 ^' {Larry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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3 P7 y; I; N8 |/ M. P2 HLH：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.

1 Y. a, k, C/ d* P% K2 q& hLH: 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......

+ b5 V! v& j8 Y1 q7 WLL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting!

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？

. q6 i% M; _+ s& [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.

2 a" x& K" M9 n1 r+ ~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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LL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations.

$ G! o- u& A( I9 {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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7 i6 @9 X& T% q1 h, |  FLL: 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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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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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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$ i1 d, V, n8 B# p5 e) Q) 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.

! ^+ ^4 ?2 _4 L. i! }8 zLH: 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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5 E% N! ~  }1 [- ]0 t; Z5 p+ Q$ tLL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.

% c% k! r% [* T+ R4 p" Q0 L9 oLH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？  
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LL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.
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4 U! {% ^1 a: M8 q+ TLH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！

' }$ i/ K* b+ A8 U  ^3 a+ ?( iLL: 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？
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' v& y4 d3 A5 ]# B7 oLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.  

$ L. `! {8 l9 l; D8 `, f+ c. j7 pLH: 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？

: f$ G% P6 Y6 s2 O! v) nLL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.
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' K7 [. ?6 x- h% L' SLH: 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.

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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LL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much.
3 }/ L2 g; t! U: f7 h: }7 rLH: 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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$ B/ M. F! N0 g. j4 P, g+ Y# z6 LLL: That's right!

+ M5 b3 g8 w5 M! y$ l! 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

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