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流行美语教程 Lesson 10: drained & wired

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发表于 2009-6-20 12:32 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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Michael和李华都在纽约上大学,最近他们结束了期中考试,今天准备坐火车去华盛顿参观访问。现在Michael正在火车站等李华。今天他们在谈话中会用到两个常用语:drained和wired.
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。& x. F- C- |" h$ ~

2 i, h8 m& j; j. e, L& i: V1 ~M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.- ?9 |0 W9 S1 C& |7 O" f
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L:我当然会准时到,我什么时候迟到过?嗨,火车就要开啦?要多少时间才能到华盛顿呐?) `; Z7 k7 {6 ^# m( p4 i
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.0 S! \3 X. C/ r# @1 |
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L:(train leaving station, announcer in background) 你想在火车上睡觉?不行,你睡觉我跟谁说话呐?
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; R1 A) C7 ~8 N5 z$ l, }6 cM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.7 d" k- }4 g- V; Q
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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4 U" h5 x# A3 b' KM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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L:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?% p4 e$ S' Q6 E6 `: y8 L
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M:The word can be used two ways. To be physically drained and emotionally drained. For example, if a couple fight all the time, they would be emotionally tired, which you can also call drained.0 D; ~. J* S9 \

: N- q  x% _+ F4 n! wL:噢,drained可以指体力很累,也可以指一个人在情绪上压力很大。要是一对夫妇老是吵架,那肯定情绪很不好。你是这个意思吧?
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1 n. K- {" d0 w+ w* A- L& OM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms., u3 d- \- Z2 `3 p# D- A6 Q! n" e
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L:考试倒没让我觉得累,可是,两天前我跟我哥哥为了他的女朋友吵了一架。他那女朋友很任性,还老想管别人,真讨厌。跟我哥哥吵完后,我真是感到很累。
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# x% U' I! a* e" G% KM:Yeah, you were emotionally drained. Well, if you don't want me to sleep on the train, we'd better go get more coffee. Let's go to the Cafe Car., {- J* l0 v& O" K; X( ~' C" E
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!* q8 ^) c  d; A& h0 F

. {  ^, u. F2 O9 F$ H& n' CM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.) r1 R! M7 B, V& L; Y
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L:这杯咖啡就能让你一路上不困啦?我可不行,到华盛顿之前,我至少还要喝两杯。
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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.2 T2 \2 q5 v* K7 J/ U5 D
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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M:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.
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4 }, N; F" g3 j0 y6 H: {/ nL:这么说,wired可以指对某件事很兴奋,也可以说对某件事感到紧张而努力去做。 要是我精力充沛,可以说:I am wired; 要是在大考前我感到很紧张而抓紧时间复习功课,也可以说:I'm wired。 是这个意思吗?
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M:Yeah, that's right. But it has one other meaning as well. Wired means to be connected to something, such as being wired into the Internet, or being wired into a discussion.: m" ~; S( A- h8 Q/ Z
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L:噢,跟什么东西联系在一起也可以说是wired,例如和因特网连接。你最后说的 wired into a discussion 我不太懂,那是什么意思啊?
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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?7 s0 A; u$ Q8 |9 Y

5 ]8 i( ^5 x) m" p" h' g: s$ WL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。
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M:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.$ Y  d0 h. S5 c+ F+ k) C0 N* D. {6 w0 }

) D5 D" j- {1 X7 j' M: u2 kL:噢,我参加这些会议,参预决策的讨论,这就可以说:I'm wired into the discussion.5 j$ K& P8 `* e6 \* e: i
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M:Yep. After all this coffee I have had, I don't feel so drained. In fact, after the next cup, I think I'm going to be pretty wired.% V; H) L/ r9 O/ X
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L:喝了咖啡你就不感到那么累了。再喝一杯,你就精神百倍了。那好,我再去给你买一杯, 要不要?
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; j3 w3 w. C5 A8 _; g- _' JM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!" h( X' M; l6 s) U" a/ }) a

- L" ~3 {0 K  F1 E今天Michael和李华在谈话中用了两个意思相对的词,一个是drained,意思是非常累;另一个是wired,意思是精力充沛. 这次[流行美语]就到此结束,下次节目再见。% R6 ~  P5 _, u+ ~2 g+ {
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