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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: \4 G# y9 H1 [9 P5 k0 ]. n: uLarry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 v, O, q& B8 }# E7 y  PLH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？
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' N; C7 I( H( a2 n" V. VLL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.
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/ b, h: K( W; T% {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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' l6 r+ D, u7 _3 r' q" m8 VLL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting!

: ]: \! j9 L+ X" N: z- o- KLH：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.

( y  E& M& f8 b0 P1 mLH: 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？

2 l( s! K+ R. X9 ?' 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.
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LH: 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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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。

6 e7 {$ P1 y' e3 ]4 i: e9 `/ WLL: It's a long shot that my sister will come home to spend the vacation. She said she's going to Europe this summer.

3 _1 ?- X" M* w+ o7 O$ S4 ^& F+ hLH: 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.

3 {$ l* ?6 t9 ?* m1 HLH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？  

' F% ?' S& K) BLL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.

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, V8 o6 @% v2 K. e; HLH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！
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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.
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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？

) N- [3 c/ W( X  Q" sLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.  

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: E% p4 T# Q0 w. p/ tLL: 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。

3 W+ g' R$ E& ]$ s' LLL: 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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8 z+ C! y/ P' ]8 |: U4 a7 ^) ]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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; J7 i- v0 [7 n, G9 i3 bLL: That's right!

/ T  W- [* G6 J4 C. x1 F5 Z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.
It's really a good course.
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