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  

9 B! G9 B( f4 |% M来源： 作者： 发布时间：1970-01-02   

. ~' F$ k( R: \2 wLarry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？

  J  P1 `. ]* e! \) NLL: 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......
+ T: ^/ `+ K5 Y" I( [# g- }6 E
  n) M& F5 V+ p/ f; r2 R2 ^LL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting!
* S6 ~  T' x9 ^2 A$ e) e! R& T# M
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？
1 a# h/ i0 V9 R
* `% ]: k! u% a/ j4 G" YLL: 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？

: _  [. J  [' q  uLL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations.

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？

0 ^) S9 R, X1 xLL: 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.

: I' d& s  j4 z1 s3 m& l) ZLH: 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？

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.
; l2 f7 E3 i# U; {+ d+ S
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。
/ H( p6 P) K5 i
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.

. O/ {3 ?0 R3 [- fLH: 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？

! F( h% m3 k& v7 D$ E3 aLL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
1 \4 l# F1 c* m
5 u6 M5 C7 M- BLH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？  

0 P0 f. L- ^" L" V4 NLL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.
- }! n2 }8 M; i/ ?# b
******
1 S. o' R0 s% C. I+ T! JLH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！
% ~1 j2 d' y+ ]4 f6 a7 R; u) {
$ f- w! X5 y8 t: j: R- lLL: 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？
' }) a1 O/ e3 Q0 y* U
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？
8 Q4 G* ~- n; C, W  n' \# y% d
LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.

: @3 G" h8 O+ M5 s# f1 R( ]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。
" U# D' q. ?3 v6 o8 E: ]6 c
LL: 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。

2 T9 N# K- A; T+ _) Z. m6 OLL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much.
; q+ s3 X9 {6 F* i: Z, `' NLH: 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！  

" \5 k; F4 s* E' r: y/ GLL: That's right!

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.
. N( O$ S2 p2 s, ?1 _1 o+ R) {It's really a good course.
6 A9 ]" l$ I) F: vthan you so much!