流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz

Xbfeng

流行美语教程 - Lesson 143 - long shot / the buzz  
1 w& b; N  {( @
来源： 作者： 发布时间：1970-01-02   

* k) y: `# j0 a3 p; A# S6 b, N; ?+ GLarry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.
) k9 {, y. l0 m9 u) s) e
8 `' Y- f3 B' w" O0 E- CLH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？

8 [6 `9 Q0 j1 O* ^/ c& h' HLL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.

1 J0 A# F; p) ]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......
+ t7 S. c' e( Q5 y6 j
LL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting!
" F& {! r* B* c7 F1 P2 I, C& F
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？

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.
4 V9 C3 Y2 }7 _: ~* Z5 Y
: P0 h  Z9 c, ^7 [# i9 ]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？
, a: j; Y& K: ^0 E/ p+ L
LL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations.

6 Y: @. A; o2 d0 ULH: 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 {6 Q" e9 @( m4 V, S9 V/ z3 q
& V+ [/ ]* h: t: ^) a- VLL: 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？
9 g1 g' i; O7 c; P. F, {+ y
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.

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。
2 D9 F3 F% G% P
. L+ [% V8 U# j. F; D% A; fLL: It's a long shot that my sister will come home to spend the vacation. She said she's going to Europe this summer.
- ]* G* S2 b5 _0 F2 m
+ i& K& H. K0 MLH: 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？

" R( F1 P2 u6 b" v* `; zLL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.

LH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？  

! \" v' q2 r& I' x* F2 `6 J; xLL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.

$ n2 G" x" k4 e******
' \) ?5 H; E& _LH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！
9 Y! |' L2 e: c/ {
- S3 X/ R. j; B0 b! TLL: 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.

( n5 Q- D$ c2 ?5 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？

LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.  

0 L8 X+ A2 L6 tLH: 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？
- H  B# v0 N3 r! L. \7 q0 t4 s
7 H4 z" L; Z  Z# u! r# G% h  J' n1 fLL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.
/ t$ H( @: @1 C. V: y$ s& \. t
6 \( T  B/ m  j0 G% [& qLH: 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。

1 s- x0 ^* z  Z% ~, WLL: I really don't pay any attention to the buzz about celebrities' personal lives. I'm just not interested in it.

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。
, b1 g, r7 B% h
- z3 M( R- I3 u0 n8 h- ELL: 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！  
0 z3 h5 Z9 G5 z; v8 V
# a0 I4 {5 ^* GLL: That's right!
5 B$ U+ w+ Z0 }# q
% W$ D! J% {# z! r% M* |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.
$ Q0 V: E& ^: ^& M, i  Z7 B" eIt's really a good course.
than you so much!