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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.8 E' c  Z, p) ^
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。- `5 x9 g' b: U
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.2 a, j9 M% d% J! @# X7 K9 k
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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?$ {2 t3 i$ B# P: v
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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?% x: z! Y% ]4 ]$ [+ [8 |
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.8 ~* {$ w1 Z3 I' `4 z) @1 X  ^8 k

! V2 H7 r9 K9 ]L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?$ @6 F2 W& P. l/ ~6 s
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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9 Y1 J8 |3 v7 UL: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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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.
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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?4 \. F. C  d# U) m1 a# v
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.9 U4 Z; l9 ?5 b5 ?. M

* ?- y/ S, D' |8 D9 I+ 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。
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5 ^, D! \  A/ i- u% z. p( O0 sM: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!
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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。4 Z9 n  ~2 J4 t" H# `
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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?8 e) \$ y3 N6 b! q$ u

  w% G7 U$ y  o0 P8 {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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$ E% `: i$ T7 Z; u$ L: TL: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?3 U0 J* `: D8 Z- ?, P5 G. T* m
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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.3 q4 T8 {$ \# e

6 N& A6 r$ Z9 uL: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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; D) L  d. ]6 F( d1 X& x5 e1 eM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?2 P+ c) l- y0 A5 [, P. \

- _6 K" X+ X7 d. K1 h2 `L:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。
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5 N# g, c: R: V* l1 J' _- }9 \& M+ ?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./ l4 L6 @6 M0 j7 V6 n/ e0 N

9 ]* V6 A  p. ?6 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.
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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?5 ?- x9 ^  ^% a
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M: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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