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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( K: |2 k+ l0 h$ @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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LH：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.

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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- p7 j2 i9 u" V& a% o$ ELL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting!
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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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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.

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？

/ h( j$ U6 `  t  R! G/ e4 T4 fLL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations.
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% z, Q# x. _0 R% N( W" rLH: 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 a+ g! I- R, P3 h. LLL: 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.

& m  j: c3 D2 ]7 dLH: 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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1 b/ {& b1 p1 V3 L$ C8 n- vLL: 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。
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) d0 c; C! K$ F  i: W- W. h2 l2 hLL: 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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& o; e$ a6 j: R, d4 i+ K2 C' T7 eLL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
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; @+ n0 D/ s8 T7 O- W9 J, LLH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？  
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  b; [6 l1 r: Q/ w2 r4 `9 e; ]3 hLL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.
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2 e) X* |! f5 q+ n5 F; R/ N; k3 nLH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！
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; d0 \3 ?1 |: PLL: 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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$ C9 q  ?) N' f" V8 x3 t- _LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.  

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？

& s6 m5 D6 Z5 m2 W% F0 E* c; mLL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.
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% }3 R' X$ b+ p+ {' R: x+ f( NLH: 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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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。

LL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much.
0 H% M: S: P; c$ `+ G, hLH: 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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9 a  U( _! ?, ]- O$ lLL: 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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