流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz

Xbfeng

流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz  
9 P0 j. ?3 l) |  P. P5 s4 J4 ?( ]
/ y/ h5 g- \6 x4 P) _1 a# w/ ?3 `来源： 作者： 发布时间：1970-01-02   
$ x+ T$ J% f/ _( E) C& S
: a) t# J. C- ^) x* p. lLarry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.

LH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？
5 l% y" M& u# ]( a! Q
4 x( R0 B3 U4 ^: B% x" E+ QLL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.
4 N& ^5 T! U/ ], s4 B( n2 l$ V
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......
8 z* ^1 k/ x% p+ w+ G
7 o4 g5 ^- c% |& |LL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting!
/ g' b& b$ T- A
3 h, f5 t  o  g" i' @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 h( P4 l3 ^0 W5 J- c
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.
9 ]1 W- E3 f/ x
+ a: {" p- U' oLH: 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？

- H; m/ g, d, I$ F/ c1 m! }LL: 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？

% a* ]$ x# x6 M$ Y+ p8 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.

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？
3 O# G: n+ L) u) X! E) w
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.
' O- \, i, ?# V
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。
1 W* o6 D& k- F' B, F
$ y& z/ H9 L( E9 e" w' jLL: It's a long shot that my sister will come home to spend the vacation. She said she's going to Europe this summer.

/ u% Y! s  c' i0 U1 k7 r$ nLH: 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？
3 A( r9 q+ D0 z3 I+ a" b* c
# i6 {  V$ {& b$ G9 `LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.

LH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？  
9 p  U: Q5 ?: [: t/ t2 ^( k5 p
LL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.
' c/ x3 q. S7 s9 l
******
$ o. y6 p: d! o. [. H' Y! [! c& gLH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！
# i) H" B! f! S5 E
+ Z2 j  \  l; u3 B% P9 JLL: 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.
# v9 W* \( Z( q& t- G* w7 F
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？

LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.  

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？
+ l/ c. m7 \4 M6 s- M2 A
LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.

2 |$ H2 p) c1 t! a% Z  MLH: 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。
/ X3 d" X) ]" `' m/ s+ W3 p" S3 R  C
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。

$ K2 b3 G4 `/ {1 [& ZLL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much.
  q& u5 K: U* F) i0 hLH: 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！  

, i8 J2 l# N* fLL: That's right!
1 C! H2 C, c* O3 V/ {
) t% ~+ ]6 Y9 F% l* l  E" Y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.
0 x( D, @; _8 j+ |It's really a good course.
* P9 f7 R' N$ R  A& bthan you so much!