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.
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6 k2 f& p" c) `, mLH：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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6 `* a: D; @7 m/ E; rLH: 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 l2 Y# y: C0 ZLL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting!

9 Q* ]; [& D0 N+ |/ c; lLH：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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/ G4 B( \/ ^# O; \% S0 a& @5 FLL: 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.

" b: H9 ^- g, I- E& `3 ^0 zLH: 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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0 y& J; V1 H5 \1 E: }0 O  tLH: 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.

7 N: `. g' q! ?- K6 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？

7 U! C  Q$ M( V1 c, h$ _% |7 TLL: 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。

  |7 |* f4 e/ ~9 jLL: It's a long shot that my sister will come home to spend the vacation. She said she's going to Europe this summer.

  L3 v  t" L+ C* i7 F  O* {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？
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LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.

5 l: T6 ~& a1 M. Y: v. _3 iLH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？  
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' s4 m" d2 m7 K* oLL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.
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1 }% t, t. ]  E: S1 a9 Q% G! TLH: 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.

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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, i' |# y2 ]- ?6 rLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.  

8 D( h5 Q7 r7 {0 j0 NLH: 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？

- b% h1 i, P; ?7 K/ MLL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.
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) G' j8 |9 I% |, eLH: 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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  h. d( A( s! K2 ^, e0 qLH: 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。

' q3 p) C2 f% u! z3 A5 vLL: 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!

5 S" {! T. A& H, D; t9 {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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