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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; H$ h6 f# t/ T* q来源： 作者： 发布时间：1970-01-02   

! V$ r8 H! C+ T5 W/ \  ^8 x' `2 ^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.

LH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？

  W. V5 R1 x' u6 I0 E& r2 ZLL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.
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8 B  [1 D  m" b, j' A# [; {; x: aLH: 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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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？
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" c' U, ?& p% x5 J; ?  {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？
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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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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？
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" j1 v4 v% ^3 y/ L( E2 ]0 ?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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8 S9 Q/ J5 L8 t% e( l0 N4 dLH: 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？

4 c8 D3 `* W/ `" i  x8 GLL: 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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( w9 }& l" B' b' y3 D" aLH: 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。

/ [  p3 h/ `! a/ ]$ U1 sLL: 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？
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LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
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- ^, d* Z; C8 V6 t6 B+ tLH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？  
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2 Y; E5 }% A3 `( dLL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.

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9 ]5 G& `! O' tLH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！

/ h$ Q3 K# n+ \; F9 G. e3 `& @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.

) z4 c) @9 m: [* \, kLH: 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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; F, i. e- l) X4 RLH: 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？

. d. ?8 l& w2 Q) P/ V' j* s8 c6 S0 hLL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.
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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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( ^' |7 l- Q( G/ Q; QLL: 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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$ x9 o+ z0 a1 lLH: 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。
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7 ~% B- R/ E. J5 b( s  |# G: k' {LL: 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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LL: That's right!
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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.
) U( ]) Q% P% Z3 eIt's really a good course.
' B+ i0 D3 W+ O9 wthan you so much!