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* `/ H4 W6 q; h  \' v来源： 作者： 发布时间：1970-01-02   

  X& G& o* l3 X# s( K1 a' q' ZLarry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.

+ B' S( v% r& E& T* F+ Q: @1 k! t# XLH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？

7 t" A( A2 `$ l; E% V: OLL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.
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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......

LL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting!
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6 M7 r# S* _% \# b6 m6 MLH：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.

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？

& H* p- _) ?* ILL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations.
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# T7 k  M: l* R% Q& h5 _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？

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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9 l% q: `3 p8 s: L/ Q4 ]9 fLH: 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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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.
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6 o: j* A7 R2 b2 h2 R" MLH: 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。

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.

5 E: ~* o, {( m. \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？

$ D/ r9 I7 `8 K- g  KLL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
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$ M6 i+ t5 v2 w8 Y3 B" z" c' [LH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？  

6 r/ }$ h/ F" f* h: a$ lLL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.

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7 N2 U/ i" k; a8 SLH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！
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3 T' a6 g- D& R) f( kLL: 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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) K+ g6 ]3 E" cLH: 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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LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.  
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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？
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; U9 y+ J. V  _+ L  o* j6 zLL: 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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! e$ G  m* i0 o# k- |# ]: O1 NLL: 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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' q5 ?5 [3 U' {& T5 b5 dLL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much.
) |- r5 ~) p5 D: n9 t3 LLH: 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！  

) R2 A  V- R2 A+ {3 n8 S  h6 GLL: That's right!
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- |+ y& o5 T# j1 J! q% d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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