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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.  D2 a" M8 l2 ^0 ]# g

4 _" C( h9 T  O/ L7 T$ N& kL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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8 S, i( M  C3 M+ O5 a7 AM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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$ p- t  \5 V8 ~+ oL: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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6 }4 h. Q6 e0 D0 A. F7 GM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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5 E# i/ I# t, J3 [. y- zL:(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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! V/ _5 \9 v0 kM: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?
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.8 x9 X7 U. u! A' ?5 V$ l; E
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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?4 n, y: v0 A& M. g% ~8 s) e
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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.# e/ d1 o0 R4 i' l# [7 x$ f" D
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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.2 D2 S2 q3 P7 k% O
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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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  h9 Q0 ]0 M# [( k  M! F" n. G; Q# ]! [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.9 w5 Q. p% |. p1 L2 ~
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!% \/ O  ^% W0 D
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.* h1 K9 R' `% H3 [  P, y6 {' V
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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。
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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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1 W: j$ ^! }! f# B( o+ K6 @* |- iL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?. a; J' h' @; s; k2 D  c

+ B5 {# W6 @& p' [& hM:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.! b- a. j! e: i) S( Z( e

! Y% o. a0 D: P  j: U& XL: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?! y. f9 J, p0 f+ h
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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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$ {( {' Y. ^. j. H- \0 m3 y0 WL: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?) Q) a) v  A) f. v  b8 p
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M: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。, F$ z2 K/ w, l7 \
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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.4 p  b' {# A$ O- f0 m

) O, b5 z; K2 h0 s  j4 p* V6 _# gL: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., D1 b* D6 p8 }. d: G, u1 G

+ r9 Y) Z. }  Z" dM: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.0 r! q3 z2 ]0 V* d4 M

& Q) K( L, B* @- y* iL: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?& `+ o: t6 R. E2 q2 a- a8 S3 f

4 I5 M# Q, n& U& U0 H* zM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!' d& i, g4 I' Z- F1 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。5 m$ Z: c! e9 c. ^6 Q  O* K0 c' O

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