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.

; v0 X5 X+ K: tLH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？
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+ ^' T" T& K' M" C9 u) ALL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.

# w% }: L. A) w& K& X* bLH: 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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" ~: A. r7 w6 b% a5 iLL：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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" V0 ?0 E8 o/ Y, zLL: 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.

- `) e7 M$ A- U$ I; SLH: 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？

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？

- Y0 ^4 o2 R: @2 Z9 r) ULL: 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.

, o' ~& G6 w& C- Z" I( L" R4 hLH: 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？

  Z9 `7 d- w2 ?7 W8 U) N: VLL: 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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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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9 s5 y0 K7 m+ A# G% GLL: It's a long shot that my sister will come home to spend the vacation. She said she's going to Europe this summer.

* z/ l8 Y& C7 E. L& e- ?1 w% [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？

LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
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' Q& C/ j6 D5 q/ ~/ lLH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？  
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! ^# O6 e/ T+ u$ S( P3 G" hLL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.

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  t1 `1 ^/ N1 k0 \8 F5 YLH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！

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.

LH: 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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. B$ T) Q$ @+ H; g+ kLL: 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？

/ l; x4 O! ?7 Q) tLL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.
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! G* N- N/ R9 g/ w2 o& ?2 `# ^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。

LL: 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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, Q8 h, [2 R; w' Z3 TLH: 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。

; T- E' Y+ c, A+ y; RLL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much.
% f8 j& ]  Y; ]) Q0 N1 dLH: 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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4 K2 X/ ], I1 X  y  w. y: [LL: That's right!
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6 j# Q' A9 Q7 j5 V3 R$ n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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