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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3 m% w% ]' b' K5 g3 x: ?$ O0 F/ M. N来源： 作者： 发布时间：1970-01-02   

" H' V4 T5 X/ m3 [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.

6 ~% c% i+ J) D6 @0 z5 u% Q/ ULH：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.
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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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1 y( @" \5 K) J0 o  T3 pLL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting!

& V3 }$ ~8 t7 S# R/ ?$ n1 QLH：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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6 t6 X/ n& e. d. ]2 iLL: 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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8 r1 r, J( f' }: I+ d9 p0 V6 W6 t! KLH: 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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/ z1 S$ D7 f. @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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2 @* v8 ^4 @. F! r. FLH: 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.

2 E0 w. r7 J, S' sLH: 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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0 }& p  \' i" Y! B1 eLL: 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。

/ n/ K- W6 N3 S% C5 b2 [3 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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4 L. d# K1 l, i9 b- }& DLH: 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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* n0 v5 B/ o  C) _; L7 J2 o8 aLL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
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* U# B3 k1 G( n& D+ _: c( R- ZLH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？  
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# Q* E) ]; o2 D; u0 h7 U7 O* {% zLL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.
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" F0 r$ {  w* I7 u7 DLH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！

) D# s* H  \0 I( i" kLL: 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.

; l8 B9 Q. j! q9 `1 Y1 ^# `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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LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.  

  X( Y( ^0 f1 ?! uLH: 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？

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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9 \) E; P1 q2 p9 gLL: 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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2 e5 Q' G4 v8 e* G  d. R: ALH: 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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LL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much.
3 [1 i# Q: q. [2 ~7 N% q3 n( }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!

9 H9 r& [  P  J8 |; r) M4 J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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