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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.9 E% b4 W# Z. {7 t) v) t
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.5 _, u. W7 y7 G1 ^

) q1 f$ h9 J4 y( l! b8 |: lL: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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% D4 i$ Z) ?. b4 O7 ?" ?" aM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.( z1 V8 v* ^7 f7 [. l* v

  W4 h4 `9 |! c5 a5 UL:(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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5 e* }  H8 s# r3 ]' E- sM: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?, R/ D) R  h' N7 g

6 m# J" P! i5 ?8 @/ h% T4 [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?
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0 O9 R3 `6 [! g, V- cM: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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# Q' I$ y  t/ |  r% rL: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?8 Z7 u3 a  Y+ y4 A
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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。
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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 s2 J! c! n: k- IL: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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# S8 u: _6 G9 L( IL: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。0 M' W( J6 u2 s9 F+ i* ?! a: W

. U- w$ v4 z; o! I/ L5 xM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are." R0 q, ]! c5 e" P% X8 _4 C
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?$ |. a2 m; t2 U! ^
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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.1 i# b- o2 F- h. Q- l6 d' y

, B2 x' g6 \  C4 o+ P: f& C& R. ~/ b2 ]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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% C% |9 F3 z. u% {) u: tM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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3 R' b; j/ K1 H9 Z; y. vL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。* |, u1 ?% i$ q% P3 q
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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.1 [0 h" @* v* J& F2 i* t; [

; Y; e) l5 X  d  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.! f* P1 b, k$ Q; Y/ j
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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.* P: F9 o* d/ w/ w

' \: {" [! H4 LL: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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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!% ?4 u$ t; S0 S# H

3 z0 ~& y1 c' N8 L' g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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