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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.6 K8 {6 @$ Q. r

* H$ H' Q" Q/ i" l, Y) s6 PL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。# r- ^& u' `; l2 [- }

6 r7 i- b( S& c" C/ {M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.6 v( H; |) ~; c0 m  |8 R3 o

5 z+ [, E4 h9 {3 _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?
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5 _" h( W6 _% G' }/ z. _M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.) Y, Q2 e+ I, n+ \
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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M: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?; e5 f7 G8 g& s/ e9 u) R( k6 q
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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.  E, O2 g" ]. |

! `  C* b" z8 J7 `* ]- U. F" zL: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?$ V6 K8 ^/ g. F. Z
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.* U; L1 j& W0 U9 K, X% {( V1 J% p  E

9 \$ X6 J' l) t3 B$ J& Z; q' D, RL: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。7 C3 V' [/ [' r2 [+ Q$ J7 p' i# I
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M: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.
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!  g% p  P) R- V+ y
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.6 }* U; L6 [7 s- b: x
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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。! H0 [, h/ F3 l! t. ~
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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?. g9 U8 ^* L& g7 O0 p  i
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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., U- n" q8 J) i9 o7 A) ~8 i3 n5 o" j
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L: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.
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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?+ O# p. p7 I- q

& M# k1 m% |+ `* cL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。" ?, B# m5 Y6 x* X
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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.8 }( ^' d# i0 `
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L: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.
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. G3 ^0 A6 m# p; Q* F5 ~3 LM: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.
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0 T0 T. ?' j/ R) w( {& iL: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?+ K- b) u5 b; ]) i

2 i0 r* ~3 ~1 t7 H1 c$ L- @) Q7 OM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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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。
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