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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.  m3 X0 z. M) L
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。* K( u0 ^4 m9 t; ]

' F5 z. ?/ J- Q8 L8 w) s: a* s+ pM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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6 j( s0 q8 ^, `& Q2 ?% J1 a7 E3 W" EL: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?0 Y3 q& G# d5 O# w% c

; G$ w# I0 [  r5 B- ^M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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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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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.( c7 |2 L- s9 S' T
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?. @6 q! w( d, C! t

/ ~; S  m5 N. l3 DM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted./ U& Z' ^" i4 t( n* h' f# I
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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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4 N7 |; Z" z! f0 bM: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.* L. h6 Z: C5 w

  I! w; X; Y9 a& r3 q) ?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?
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# [1 V* P. [; A+ o; r* ?M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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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。, g9 U. r3 z4 @* y
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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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3 {* S( C) q$ OL: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.
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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。* h* p: a- c  t+ H: L! Q9 C  I
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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.* y* Y% Z* _0 c9 `

3 O" f0 n+ l/ l9 TL: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.& S5 C* c6 i/ A1 V4 v  p

% e  m& N. L! D+ `% T$ {. ?$ EL: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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1 a0 S7 A7 u! Z  lM: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.( v0 L# K8 F  `- m4 L

2 R# c& G0 `! ?- L* K- y# FL: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?2 H$ [& N1 l( [3 n9 q

" a) l' ~( D/ U( YM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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0 l7 |: T( C5 c6 ~& L. M# h$ I6 X$ mL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。$ t. O; ]& Z! m$ S; n! d
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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.
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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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* ]& p6 I; J* |3 `9 HM: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.  w7 P( Y2 G/ ]: v

2 |0 B8 H3 T' X! U% PL: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?; f# I# c: L/ a7 p7 X$ ]3 R

4 V1 t! K7 x: S) p) _0 J  r  hM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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  B3 R8 a& ~6 m, v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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