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 airplaneor 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 ，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。

    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 buzzin 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 ！