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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& H3 e; O, L1 q8 O来源： 作者： 发布时间：1970-01-02   
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1 u' C/ D0 I* P: O9 A# e( hLarry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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4 |/ X2 w1 c2 ~/ @. [5 G7 ]LH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？

! t' {- T9 Z3 `' ^4 HLL: 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......

1 d2 m2 w5 d' N# T; H$ @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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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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7 ~! I! F" g# X% \, Z# F, xLH: 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？

0 }0 |, t. _5 {% z* M  sLL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations.
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7 k  a' M3 k7 y& V& W# i: R+ HLH: 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.

& C' ]! W0 ~5 x" k$ xLH: 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？

$ f! z  U# m% T' `0 `( o$ eLL: 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.

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。
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) e% V; @; [# W3 \5 eLL: It's a long shot that my sister will come home to spend the vacation. She said she's going to Europe this summer.

6 @7 l0 U( C* R" Z  m* [6 gLH: 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.

8 h  G& g$ b  u/ k" c4 ]9 sLH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？  
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4 @; \" Y6 {: b: }! z+ J0 _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！

0 Z+ P( b: [% x# FLL: 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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6 g5 e. `! \1 T1 C7 z6 i/ ALH: 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？

2 |6 X8 `4 [' W4 x: T$ T* OLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.  

! m+ B5 |+ I+ `0 R% }+ q' QLH: 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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LL: 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.

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。
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! v1 }: J. b& y/ r5 R, ULL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much.
5 B; U# q* D4 ]/ x1 D* S' YLH: 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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% a  D, x0 q3 f0 L) a2 J+ {LL: 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.
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