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  
0 L2 r+ N/ B) z/ }4 Y8 Z" C& k
$ ^' J- ~  o1 X  H来源： 作者： 发布时间：1970-01-02   

6 E( f/ ?+ D1 b* v% i( mLarry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.
0 j+ C9 F  r1 e1 }2 f" A) J- h. W  [
. u7 ~" B' A* c  ULH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？
8 p4 f. ~8 Q3 J% G$ Z1 s5 G
LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.
6 n9 ]; ^( t" ~
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......
7 o5 @, t8 l( N9 K8 M8 v5 C0 P6 X
7 ^6 `0 @6 H1 HLL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting!
- L5 N- J7 I3 V% H1 k, S0 R1 E
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？

0 _# R5 s6 C2 U/ U4 o9 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.
* \- b1 X7 w+ g( y$ f1 G) a
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？

  Q4 B( \+ }6 ^7 ZLL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations.
" |. E  {1 j4 |& i7 J1 d# X: w9 b
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？
* v0 ~7 ]; `; ~7 _; u
. I/ J0 N# p* j6 C/ N0 nLL: 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.

; S, O6 O" s& O7 T3 j( 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？

$ x) u; J7 R$ |9 v: L% s2 MLL: 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。

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.
3 F/ Y* j4 {. e+ J( U2 B
- t: I0 a* r- C- c8 s" w6 p2 v1 rLH: 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？

LL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.

" o+ H/ y% [4 N+ J# ]6 x# y- {LH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？  
- G/ R/ ~8 \$ a
5 _# X1 H6 g$ J0 j9 uLL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.
# {/ t  n8 S* e
******
LH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！
( H; s6 ?( T- U. s; T4 _9 @
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.

% w/ P/ y2 z! a! }, S7 bLH: 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.  

3 \7 @% h2 Q; S- MLH: 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？
% @" ]6 g6 V; ?
LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.
) B' k6 D5 ]$ H9 Z0 b1 |* X
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。
5 G5 [' E4 }4 `2 s
; `) O- A2 c! c" HLL: I really don't pay any attention to the buzz about celebrities' personal lives. I'm just not interested in it.

; X: V3 I# \2 G; t# D. [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。
8 r: F3 v' Y' ?$ m% a
LL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much.
7 m2 _3 s# ^5 q9 T2 X# w8 ^5 hLH: 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！  

7 c- G2 o' s: y  h( {LL: 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.
0 z; b. _) i! L8 n- `than you so much!