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  

来源： 作者： 发布时间：1970-01-02   
3 c1 z9 u  J* w- J& T+ |1 v
: p1 B/ P( t% i7 K1 x# K. b! yLarry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.
7 g1 \: Q3 T8 {1 J
0 |2 T$ u2 ]& ]8 }2 i+ I) eLH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？
' U: i# m; C0 S2 o$ b/ z
LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.
' E9 e9 A* F; V4 ~7 H6 I
2 J  C  [9 J5 P  LLH: 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......

LL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting!

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？
, p* t; t$ Q/ y- v$ S9 i5 u  |
( e! i/ @$ Y3 Y- sLL: 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.
5 a  J' u2 I7 c# E
0 i9 V5 {. h. E  Z% v, ?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？

LL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations.
# `& v# _' h, e6 h0 o1 k# r
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？
- M+ F9 D2 \6 x1 e1 J- F. f
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.
: H* N* d% k/ {# R
0 u- ?0 Q& K7 ^9 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？
8 i) E6 H  B$ V4 ^$ x$ M
+ Y+ [/ \1 o( x8 rLL: 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.

& q  h- i# K. M5 cLH: 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。
* m# }5 w" z6 u& I3 i9 {8 x
2 ]! \7 _/ y, ~% [2 W" @. I  Z1 J3 uLL: It's a long shot that my sister will come home to spend the vacation. She said she's going to Europe this summer.

$ D2 `" C5 \; t, qLH: 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？
1 e8 A: O  W  N, J
7 N2 A: \% {2 I! {* I' wLL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.

LH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？  
# E- M% \6 ~* p
8 b  T/ L" ]6 ?; d# b$ N' `LL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.
% P6 u- v  U' d) U" l2 o
******
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.

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？

LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.  
) c: Q5 N2 H. O, b7 R
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？

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。
& l$ K0 B! o: o  b  ]( g9 C7 d  p
6 z0 n7 a4 |+ b4 c. c7 l- K" r, zLL: I really don't pay any attention to the buzz about celebrities' personal lives. I'm just not interested in it.
* R: ~# r0 [+ h4 O0 G. d1 L9 n
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。

- K& C! X. Z/ w- d4 x5 S) X/ N0 {& MLL: 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！  

! m  b9 L# r' K7 F3 lLL: 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.
It's really a good course.
2 ~( v$ S  |( X( |: V# Bthan you so much!