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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。; i* I4 R: t% d" m% b
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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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?' r! W, u. s2 Z0 J% n

: q+ T, g! d# {; |M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.3 _* S' _. i; o9 \5 P6 C

: N- b- a2 v! |4 L& |9 x+ RL:(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 ?( V: k. ~  M. _, L! G

* F$ y, \6 L0 m) lM: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?/ i; y  ~, p; w5 k
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.7 j; T" y9 Y2 v0 D

' S; {. |1 n; d7 `3 d! n+ tL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?: j5 J4 `, h4 `- d/ o
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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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, F( A: k( |  V, U! `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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; z0 P5 e# T! B5 F! c. w* D# GM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.# s& B: N: y' {  e# u

. y8 c- V+ \, B# t0 ML: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。7 s$ K6 m% I0 ^) |. _
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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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! r# k" m! S- X* z1 Z  n. ?L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!5 b0 Q9 E- b# o" C
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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。1 O7 N1 }5 I' @/ m+ P) ~& R

$ q/ X8 t4 X2 O9 C1 LM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.7 @- @9 D) C/ T% d, `& L

/ ]. R) D" k  Y2 vL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?3 t, i* e' P4 s6 ?) O0 [( Z
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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?* ^- D( y( c- D5 I/ E; n6 |! ?
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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.4 c2 v( O+ A2 I, U3 k1 |, r
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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?* Y& D6 ^+ X2 o9 f6 y$ B

8 U6 ?+ g5 g: I0 I$ pM: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。
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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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/ S) W3 M6 k8 R+ ^. eL: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.1 Q/ m' R& ]! {

# L( p9 N' D% [- m- iM: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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3 T- Z+ d% }/ a* ]2 b* X' PM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!. d3 d# I, R$ @. s; @
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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。4 ?. f% q3 u$ E8 h+ L: N) M

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