用英语怎么说：机会不大和大家对某事的谈论 long shot & the buzz (143)

用英语怎么说：机会不大和大家对某事的谈论 long shot & the buzz (143)
用英语怎么说：机会不大和大家对某事的谈论 long shot & the buzz (143)

用英语怎么说：机会不大和大家对某事的谈论 long shot & the buzz (143)
下载音频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.LH：Larry,我们要不要叫Dave和Laura跟我们一起去露营呀?LL: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……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?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.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.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?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!到你爸妈的湖边别墅去度假,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.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.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?LL:You should definitely bring a bathing suit.LH:那么,要不要带件毛衣呀?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!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.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,最近大家都在谈论,那就是：The buzz is Tom Cruise又有新女朋友了.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.LL: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!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.