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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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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: }+ R) A6 ]! k" e: O' Q( NLH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？
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( q5 X  I# G+ r( O7 DLL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.
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1 J$ H4 w$ q, b/ x- O; F6 a" N: WLH: 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......

1 u6 m' ?( K: R* n% @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？

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.

8 z0 L3 |% W  D, |4 d( _2 d( fLH: 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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* s+ H) }: P! v+ a7 mLL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations.

* U* C& u! m. g% }# N% k! yLH: 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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! s2 Y3 ?2 c9 k2 ~+ e- ^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.

# k+ j& r6 z3 C+ ]5 C. H5 o# L( BLH: 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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" Q3 R& [: h! S6 oLL: 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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8 f$ |2 G6 a1 `6 f+ i5 _3 l; gLH: 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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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.
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, C, O$ S6 L9 e! O! j. F- L/ ]0 WLH: 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？

0 M( S+ Z) X/ q6 X8 u/ I0 Y' v& nLL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
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! k9 j3 b3 S: ]LH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？  
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) a/ k: P- @$ I. J7 E# ?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！

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# @2 F' H5 l1 K) c' Y0 bLH: 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.  
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0 b8 x7 i( Y+ m6 i7 j3 ?+ }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% l7 |( H4 M+ rLL: 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。

# P) x0 U8 q" B- [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。

, |2 `8 ?' R* u' B3 v9 OLL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much.
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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$ c; o4 j& `- M+ {1 g( MLL: That's right!

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.
It's really a good course.
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