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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' A( L0 s7 J! h: X& P来源： 作者： 发布时间：1970-01-02   
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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.

LH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？
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LL: 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......
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: m$ q, r- A- y" T) r; ~! p- ~LL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting!
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$ i% \* L; w+ p! x5 sLH：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.

# U/ n, Z; r  a) lLH: 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？

/ V6 c1 e# M" ]* s. b  O( M/ `5 fLL: 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？

  d3 y4 A& l3 MLL: 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.

: Q. Z0 K0 y0 aLH: 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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- A+ Y6 d% I+ qLH: 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.

9 Y9 k7 p' u# J' Y6 MLH: 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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LH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？  
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4 z6 E8 R, Y, o8 s3 {/ [0 eLL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.
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  f/ l8 s" z( R$ e) P4 XLH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！

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- a$ P0 y2 T$ t9 [( c3 B5 `- _  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？

0 O- F" D% P5 t' z" U" V6 MLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.  

# a% \$ F% p' G  P4 U1 p2 [: uLH: 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？

0 J5 L% |6 W3 _/ h4 ~/ u9 gLL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.

* a6 A- @: T0 K& c, oLH: 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。

$ b, M; ~0 L) Y9 e/ XLL: I really don't pay any attention to the buzz about celebrities' personal lives. I'm just not interested in it.

; v0 F3 |! t) e8 R5 Z! hLH: 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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4 i; W5 ?; m7 n* fLL: 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！  

LL: That's right!
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6 n( m# O  i5 a2 e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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