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  

9 e+ E9 Z+ {8 J8 g来源： 作者： 发布时间：1970-01-02   
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3 p# w0 i$ h/ T" h5 HLarry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？

5 v- C2 a* b5 I! n7 bLL: 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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LL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting!
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1 u3 @* ]( ~: ?- r+ u: O3 [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.
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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？

" R5 \1 Z* O; w/ f( `LL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations.

( ^& X: h- L  L( MLH: 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.

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？

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.
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- |, `2 w* U0 P% M; R/ Y, h2 [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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- W0 v! }" a2 D# @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.
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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？

7 u3 y( h9 v: G5 V# ULL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.

+ Y$ U. B) {+ v1 A! j1 kLH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？  

' K+ B2 ?2 l6 a: I1 B: |LL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.
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& O- d* E: V* W9 [LH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！

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.

2 w. n5 [) ~1 C" y( p2 z; G- aLH: 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？

0 f9 _2 C  s7 ?5 K+ `% t$ o% X. w5 lLL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.  

) A' [3 f8 ?1 w) h# a/ L6 U' ALH: 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？

. a9 H( R) U; A' DLL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.

! I. E* k4 M$ |" @2 LLH: 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。

' X7 Z  K. D' X2 A- PLL: 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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, I( g5 ^- q9 @6 b  HLH: 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.
2 A  u: A7 f' j4 [3 sLH: 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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LL: That's right!
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6 C9 I' l: R/ [/ M2 i4 F6 b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.
+ I- c; `( X$ V5 a5 eIt's really a good course.
8 H7 q- I( ~1 z( w$ R0 ]than you so much!