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  
3 \) @1 E3 \) X
3 }! r) z3 Q' T2 ?! s; Y来源： 作者： 发布时间：1970-01-02   
1 M1 w1 x# e  O) B4 y
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.
' ^# N- n7 e& @
LH：Larry，我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀？
7 o$ k* O. P! K0 G: _2 e0 V( z. i: G' @
LL: Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.
- U! u( Q5 F+ j* v
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......

& U" f5 O/ H3 wLL：No, there's nothing to do with shooting!

6 W4 A4 ?  t, s0 W: u) HLH：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？
. T) l& F. s- u1 d# b+ |
) r6 p0 W3 F% u1 \( y6 o' LLL: 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？

( Y7 z( k, d1 G0 h4 lLL: That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations.
; D" R& _8 J& L+ o; a) A
/ A0 F1 f+ H' S0 m9 {/ v" _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？
& I) l- A: K% P3 O+ G, h! V# o, W
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 V' |8 }$ L+ U/ z; P/ J
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？
2 q& {( u3 }6 L# s: ?
  D& l2 l& h1 ?0 P* m: g6 ~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.
7 ]' K0 T# a, q' k$ g1 m& I# o5 p
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。

/ Z0 |* q# H% s; z% b5 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.
, [; m. R/ l" Q$ o( j: V
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？
9 I' q4 R1 }+ ?3 v3 U' K! X" Y
4 F8 ~( D2 o* n- b% r1 DLL: You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
  f& k+ w# N2 v
/ p; R- B* K" w; Y1 i: VLH: 那么，要不要带件毛衣呀？  
- m4 G; ^* A4 s1 l, {8 ~0 m
LL：You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.

******
LH: Larry，你准备好了吗？我们该出发了！
5 W2 U- {! _; w  ?4 F( ]
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.
6 b: b# E' R6 b& y
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？
% E# ]$ \1 o# G; @% [9 W1 L
5 _, ]( u4 F) d# ?LL: Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.  
" w7 M2 g4 l* c- P, A
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？
3 U* @% W2 }$ d' j$ A3 a3 ~: u3 n
LL: Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.
6 W/ S8 z  o$ F! F0 ?$ N
9 @- \0 m! ]& y  l- X$ }5 OLH: 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。
' I( V2 Z, n4 Q! i' M6 U, n  ]6 W
- v/ A* o/ q" F7 L  l: ]LL: I really don't pay any attention to the buzz about celebrities' personal lives. I'm just not interested in it.
  |. f1 ^% S' ^# {, `! N$ Z
5 ?; S- |9 c/ V. e* OLH: 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 \! E% _  ^0 \LL: Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much.
4 N" h' Z. _# _  D) 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！  

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.
4 f$ ^# X8 L* f# d# s$ y2 M* ?It's really a good course.
9 S6 ]8 \" S8 E. @- ~: O! S; ^than you so much!