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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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( z: {, ~- |8 |% Y& [# `, ~L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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, g0 `  a( f# z; x' pM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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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?
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$ m+ K- o1 S0 X3 [0 `M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.+ H$ l+ @% L  T7 f& a0 ?, W

, g3 ?/ k" u0 K/ d$ B! m% C4 fL:(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?; l: S% ?/ w9 [) p' h

' a5 r4 q  Q  E1 [M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
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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.& \: Q, ?9 ]3 k8 u" ^0 [
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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?
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9 o* d2 F, X0 X$ MM: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.
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L: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?2 H6 p+ y! R0 x1 z

4 h4 M) X+ Z. A: e( wM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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5 m& a' {, D1 {7 ?3 F) w3 p* cL: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。6 M) b$ ?- J8 r+ B) I  [; v

7 a- X5 ?8 ^% nM: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!9 u& S8 m7 F( V  n$ A; e7 u: b
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip., P0 J$ K& h0 s) J4 J) r; d0 \

# L0 b' d! \1 B3 V! ZL: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。9 z$ ]" v) P* R; y; Z- @, B2 D4 K
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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are., w* M' S3 r1 G  R" I
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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6 ]( _6 t: _! ]: |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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, b) y/ P" y# W. vL: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?& N; d% t7 I% s% ^  ?$ q

+ D+ g3 `% h5 X+ r4 R+ zM: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.1 S! [7 `/ M  s5 `3 w
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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?
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- s: a4 b/ ^- ?6 c% Q/ h3 h. oL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。! t9 {( ?5 E4 G# s& x( n
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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.5 p* i) R5 `! {. f% W- I. A: C

3 Q- r  x7 X. P% ~2 Z* oL: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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$ q$ N' V; H, z; L1 mM: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.' V6 O! m3 X1 `8 a' r

" X& \9 v- v% n# [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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) v' q& \' p8 A3 y' [" XM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!4 X3 O7 E9 d, K
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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。* r/ x! F. v" U
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