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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( {4 n5 k5 l( `/ s7 T1 y# l. ~来源： 作者： 发布时间：1970-01-02   
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4 d$ F( I3 R9 }& Y7 R7 v6 sLarry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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: Q  ^7 r0 m" k. h8 HLL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.
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+ W; _) ~6 q2 u+ r. XLH: 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!
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9 E4 A# Y  j3 R" ^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？

* D8 d8 Z" [) VLL: 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.

9 U0 Q7 s$ J6 @) u. B, M# K! w* _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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0 Z" ]5 [8 G+ g, _( LLL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations.

1 P! Q. c2 |/ ?3 gLH: 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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3 W: P3 C7 }% j. B$ PLL: 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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6 G# o3 Q3 z6 ?* nLH: 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.

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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! _- s0 b7 c: O% u- R) ?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.

+ B# V0 r' @1 w, k/ D! iLH: 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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. d( j- N6 i/ E9 F5 }( Q2 W. ALH: 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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LH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！

* _8 N0 F) m9 @/ ZLL: 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？

6 Y% V+ v  }; T  S5 ?LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.  
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9 M* G5 M0 G% A& S+ XLH: 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？

LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.

4 M1 m+ [: {1 v; N5 X# i1 p+ GLH: 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。
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" w8 s$ o) z& B" B8 yLL: I really don't pay any attention to the buzz about celebrities' personal lives. I'm just not interested in it.

. W5 y% Y; Z$ \; C# ~3 bLH: 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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& Z! \) t9 K* p' VLL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much.
3 c4 v0 @7 m& e  h, N+ {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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6 s8 y1 T$ I$ \4 n) MLL: That's right!

( F9 J* {$ j& E, `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.
+ H: S# M0 z" M, F# VIt's really a good course.
5 z2 o" O1 P- a; E- I- _9 ?2 h2 Nthan you so much!