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2024.09.08 07:16
第十部 第八課: long shot , the buzz
- Larry 和李華正在討論暑假期間做些什麼．李華建議邀請一些朋友一塊兒去露營．今天李華會學到兩個常用語： long shot 和 the buzz.
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- Larry，我們要不要叫 Dave 和 Laura 跟我們一起去露營呀？
- Well, it's a long shot, Dave and Laura probably already have something planned.
- 那倒也是喔，他們可能已經計劃好了暑期活動了．不過，這跟 long shot 有什麼關係啊？ Shot 是「射擊」，我是邀他們去露營，又不是去打獵耶．
- No, there's nothing to do with shooting!
- 哦～．等等，我知道了．你的意思是啊他們已經有計劃了，所以不太可能和我們去露營， long shot 就是不太可能，對不對？
- 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.
- 你看，我猜對了吧！ Long shot 就是指不太可能的事．要不我們可以加入他們的活動啊？
- That's a long shot, too, because it's probably too late to make the necessary airplane or hotel reservations.
- 是嗎？現在已經不太可能訂到機票和旅館啦？那... 還有什麼是可能的，而不是 long shot 呢？
- 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.
- 哇！到你爸媽的湖邊別墅去度假，還能見到你爸爸媽媽啊．那真是太好了．哎， Larry，你怎麼沒有早點想到這個好計劃嘛？
- 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.
- 怎麼會呢？我很喜歡你爸爸媽媽，他們很和善，也很風趣哎．你妹妹啊也是個很有意思的人，我想我們會玩得很開心的。
- It's a long shot that my sister will come home to spend the vacation. She said she's going to Europe this summer.
- 哦～，她要去歐洲呀？我也很想去哎，不過啊現在沒錢．對了， Larry，暑假去你們家，我們會不會到湖裡游泳啊？我要不要帶游泳衣啊？
- You should definitely bring a bathing suit.
- 那～，要不要帶件毛衣呢？
- You could, but it's a long shot that you'll need it.
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- Larry，你準備好了沒啊？我們該出發了！
- 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.
- 你還帶了電影啊？太好了！不過，我可不愛看恐怖電影．對了， Larry，你剛才說 the buzz is...，什麼是 the buzz？
- Buzz is slang for what people are saying about a particular topic, person, or thing, not necessarily bad.
- 哦～， buzz 就是指大家談論的話題，所以你的意思是大家都在說這部電影很可怕，是不是啊？
- Right. I brought that new Tom Cruise movie, too, because I know you've been wanting to see it.
- 真的啊，你還帶來了 Tom Cruise 最新的電影啊． Larry，謝謝你！最近啊大家都在談論，那就是： The buzz is Tom Cruise ，他又有新女朋友了。
- I really don't pay any attention to the buzz about celebrities' personal lives. I'm just not interested in it.
- 我對關於名人的傳說啊，通常也不太感興趣啦．可是， Tom Cruise 是我喜歡的電影明星，所以啊有關他的事，我是比較注意的。
- Oh well, all the buzz in the media about their personal lives probably didn't help their marriage that much.
- 沒錯，那些媒體的報道啊，對他們的婚姻不但沒有好處，甚至啊還可能間接破壞了他們的婚姻呢！
- That's right!
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- 今天李華學到了兩個常用語，第一個是： long shot，是形容「某件事不太可能發生、機會不大」；另一個常用語是： the buzz，是指「大家對某人或某事的談論」。
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