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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.3 Y+ o. e. L; [$ ?7 m7 T

% q9 g7 D0 q/ j. C) W8 R# ^; aL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。9 S. i# V. c& v- B( o) m0 L

1 w% G9 z8 ?0 c8 I1 K$ q+ N% LM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.5 o0 B+ j4 A9 b# f! Z) q

- [, \, v: ]! f3 _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?8 \. Z, B2 Q) M( |
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.* _- s% ?; x' \- l1 I
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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?2 b1 z/ g& A1 l7 s' w' I4 ~3 G

, R- `$ F3 ]0 \7 Q* z0 X8 d; A7 ~M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.( g" t* W' e$ Q9 j
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?: d# b- M$ r; |2 l$ `

4 h; n3 r$ {! u$ ^. U& G" xM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.* v9 l( p1 m) c. @+ z+ M
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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?8 o; [9 }8 j( o7 A

( m$ i/ N# I4 H! E$ T+ w) PM: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?
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.0 V8 j$ I. d6 {
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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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4 D( |$ q$ [" HM: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.6 n5 q  G4 H/ e- q! k. b
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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.4 p$ Z1 }: m# U# b( _% C8 l9 e& l
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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。3 a' p; g1 ]# `' Y. T+ j

9 B3 }4 T, f0 b# S% }% g, }* M% VM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
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$ l4 q; I) M9 I4 YL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?7 U" a' z$ h! c5 Z, t' g
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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.
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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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+ k' Y- G( |8 C% ]" VL: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?) {3 m% x" c- R9 H# N4 @5 l: n

- S6 `+ O/ Z8 i1 GM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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L:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。+ @, a& \. \) {3 ?/ s

; U9 Q* N% M# s1 x' |M:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion., v2 n% V) S5 l9 d8 R2 M0 {

- u4 M, _( H1 N: ^0 C9 ]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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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.6 g* ~' q; r8 U8 e. x5 I% ]3 O
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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?/ w5 D' q' n+ H4 `& ]

& S% J! Z7 |9 |2 M9 j0 E% L( c7 gM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!& Y. U9 ], {+ ^& C0 S4 z4 s8 \1 o
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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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