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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% J2 ?; I" P9 W. QLarry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.

' h+ Z6 g% B  p8 rLH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？

LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.
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/ @8 E6 Z5 @( a; N: ]2 sLH: 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......

' d5 z3 U0 d6 m* VLL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting!
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. R7 Y6 [* i, \/ qLH：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.

+ g& Z. r" j: uLH: 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？

" p- }/ {" J/ gLL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations.
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  j$ g6 q# n$ d/ S( a0 ZLH: 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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& {8 u3 k- O" F+ C2 p" D) J% oLH: 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？

6 R  e0 }( x; A8 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.

6 y  a; I" g; ^9 H# M/ Y& dLH: 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.

: @7 l" u3 Y* W4 k9 O* c( cLH: 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？

, z( ^* x; h' H9 RLL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.

9 P% O1 g' h; @/ d* _& A7 `6 jLH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？  
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3 i( G# Y' e6 jLL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.

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, C. v' g% F' I. I* X& M. M, t3 ]LH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！

: c3 B- [( H  W: G) s' ?- e9 GLL: 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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& l! `' o; ^% c9 fLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.  

" L6 G' h: G" \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？

& X9 C4 H% Y% c* n  U) I7 t+ XLL: 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。

$ F& O6 d; z' r1 G- I$ mLL: 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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: D, |" W% [: }1 WLH: 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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' }& I5 a. X. r" o' F9 w9 K$ \7 iLL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much.
7 H& v/ m; f6 |  E6 }! N6 zLH: 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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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

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% i* d7 c1 I7 w8 lIt's really a good course.
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