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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来源： 作者： 发布时间：1970-01-02   
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) d2 c2 u5 y8 o* A& i9 kLarry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.

LH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？
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7 m3 ~' B1 i8 @6 }4 O( mLL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.
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" w6 A4 d- d8 s. ~  uLH: 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......

4 i' M, j( \1 w9 W- y6 U5 V* ALL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting!
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8 d. f6 z) S  Z8 b; n( S2 }3 pLH：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？

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.

% p6 g* U1 t  S: w& b: f/ 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？

1 c2 a6 ]# d* Y7 _6 CLL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations.
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1 `* ]; D$ v4 b0 i8 d6 ~4 }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？
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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.

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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6 [3 l8 ?: P& }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.

  z  J4 @5 T- [3 M& PLH: 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。

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.

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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0 }% S2 O" j$ j! \0 f! gLL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.

0 C9 r7 b& u) O0 S) k6 a. V& yLH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？  

LL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.

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9 j& L- c! Q4 }( \LH: 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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8 S9 ~5 C2 G) s; _+ E) i# ~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？

LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.  
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/ ^- J' J$ C9 d+ `" q- F7 x4 OLL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.
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- K8 m& J- d* @. [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。

, N: g' b0 m/ @, \9 p" RLL: I really don't pay any attention to the buzz about celebrities' personal lives. I'm just not interested in it.

' ]2 ~" ^. h3 {6 OLH: 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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3 w2 M6 q5 W$ t! D) gLH: 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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# j' b6 ~- p: a" B& g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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