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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  s& u. C' Q" u; fLarry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？

LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.

5 d- e; T5 S  f/ }1 }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!

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？

$ I& C4 {' H& k& D4 @3 _+ A& [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.
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1 e' E; Y; H# i3 jLH: 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？

/ x( n" c* W1 |* Z+ ^( f# XLL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations.

) k4 D( Y( W, y. \1 s1 F- 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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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.
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6 v, b& V- {8 V( T7 A6 M. @0 wLH: 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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4 n# k$ ~" v& z' Y( O  a2 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.

, g8 q# w! d0 }6 O/ zLH: 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 G# G; O9 [, k" }/ K  ~) NLL: 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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LH: 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？

LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
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7 }) y' h1 R0 ~- qLH: 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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( X5 q& B4 p" r' p5 J: F3 MLH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！

6 P* q6 M5 H: {* \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.
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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？

' Y8 L) H" U7 ^LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.  
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7 T; w6 n! J1 K" `( WLH: 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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, O' ~+ d% I* N4 t& i) q. L( r4 nLL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.

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.
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3 d0 p8 _$ ^% z/ K- v5 x# O6 qLH: 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。

' G8 x- _( I" [& R2 m2 v" @! B% T1 NLL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much.
: R  y( v' v4 O. o2 y9 b' T1 `  `1 VLH: 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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LL: That's right!
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6 J/ _4 x; `6 N. g0 v; f7 S2 x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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