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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' X) G( w+ c# K来源： 作者： 发布时间：1970-01-02   
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9 e* t: f; R3 q: q& [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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LH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？

  [% {5 _0 i8 ^2 t" b. h5 t! ILL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.
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! h! B7 U) `6 F, E7 ?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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2 L0 m  v, \7 |: C# m7 Y* D8 JLL：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？

7 _8 r/ c$ n. Z; E1 c$ D6 F9 T, uLL: 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 Y6 [$ k4 J4 _! u; A& qLH: 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.
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1 E! d5 v. ~# p7 DLH: 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？

1 Z- Y8 v8 Z- R, J( HLL: 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？

/ m( q  s% |# K, ^( g! S! \! iLL: 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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6 l7 L3 ^. P! {4 l4 `+ ~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。

2 ]: C% R3 C. q7 N9 g8 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.
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8 r* c. P4 l2 B6 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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$ A) W9 [  B. |9 U: T# BLL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.

! A4 R5 _+ d) m1 z& F$ rLH: 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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LH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！

LL: 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.

2 z# u0 @; H5 e0 WLH: 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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7 L* S- b+ Y: \# h' ^% PLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.  

, D* g1 y5 `: G. Z$ @0 ^" ?, H' a7 ZLH: 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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' j- ~# ^" B- g4 e* A: \* NLL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.

: e0 r4 F; E! @& W3 \( W/ t1 ~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。
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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。

LL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much.
. V0 n# ]0 L8 c* e- W$ {. ILH: 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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: g  I) b  [! `8 x* Q7 ]8 i4 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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