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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。/ o( W2 u* A( _9 L! W8 U: W

$ S. j5 j5 `% cM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.. v6 S' s) a8 c" K# g) Q

* w/ p2 \3 z: a; Q% ]3 Q8 pL: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?/ o6 a0 X' x& d* o

- }3 g! R' Z3 EM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.# A& c  n) z: h6 K6 j
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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?4 r. z% {4 S3 K0 W

* i- Z+ q6 M5 j* ]/ M2 w* M( j; vM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
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1 p7 {; I; Q# m; X# FL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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& [1 m0 B; d& X  G( A+ r: wM: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?
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$ z) @; e3 p! B, Z* }3 {: AM: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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4 Q3 u. t# o+ tL: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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% ^6 X* T) o  mM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.( o# D" g" u9 [
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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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/ i$ \  v7 M2 m. t! 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.
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% S" f2 F- ~  s% t# O) kL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.0 P3 v) C" `* R

; g+ l- G+ ~+ L) x5 Q# y& h- tL: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.1 C4 w' p4 k( K8 G! y3 f: o
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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5 \: O, x4 ^% n: d% d1 wM: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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" O( }* M! Q. O& L! k+ PL: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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- k" B1 w$ z& `* a( e# AM: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./ ]9 u! N* z- V/ v. |. W4 f, c% a' r

( }: a* A9 G  v" [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?* e! |" J  m8 `6 `) n) @) e# V
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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?3 x: i. f, {7 R" b3 v" Y3 K% y

2 R% `8 w  n& aL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。, Q+ r: ?) D) q$ s% ?

5 }: J. ^1 J) O# ]+ T9 o8 d# P/ aM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.
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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." N- G2 {2 Q# R0 M# ~5 f0 L
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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.
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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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# X9 E, A  J0 l  A$ CM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!3 X! ^* }1 M& v2 }& S9 |! l
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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。* y- }1 p( c& O4 m/ G% v. D5 N& Z
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