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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& D0 x0 C3 Z, C3 s" FLarry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.

5 Q, P9 K. M) U  ?8 A( S' zLH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？
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6 N. v, G4 Q' H: A0 k& JLL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.

  s0 X; P% ]) H5 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......

LL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting!

! ^$ D4 I- P. {" N5 P( ]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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7 r( n! h! l' a: [: 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.
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LH: 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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5 q% [) \0 V2 k$ q$ xLL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations.

  Y; Y, a2 J' B" \8 ~+ i& @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？

1 \+ r5 k4 H+ ~  {+ E4 l7 oLL: 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.

4 e3 P* ^8 C3 g+ v/ NLH: 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？

! \- `4 x5 e9 U( zLL: 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。

& m* ]1 p/ m. r# ]) k$ i: sLL: It's a long shot that my sister will come home to spend the vacation. She said she's going to Europe this summer.
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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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* H4 w) H# L, O( F5 m: q. [5 l1 ^LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.

& L+ m- C2 \" _LH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？  

7 u* o4 p9 S' S* J, lLL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.

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LH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！

0 f- P! g; D8 s; n! 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.

( ]. l9 t9 P0 O9 D5 F  zLH: 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？

6 y, d( C* F' a9 Z0 K. z. lLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.  
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. A9 r. D7 C0 V: l1 B) WLH: 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？
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LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.

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。
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' z: |' f2 q: v1 lLL: I really don't pay any attention to the buzz about celebrities' personal lives. I'm just not interested in it.

0 m" H+ w8 L' C4 c! D/ ?; |LH: 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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, |9 c3 v3 w  p3 m. lLL: 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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LL: That's right!
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8 h4 b6 s, {" ^* [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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