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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.! j, V$ G2 t% m0 ~

$ w& Z8 W1 t" D! a4 T6 v# J& q) nL: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.
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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?  b, m7 z/ M. e6 \; I, [

5 |5 K/ ~, `  H" _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?7 {+ j, g; C) E4 f
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M: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, v' }( N/ v- J

1 H# Y: i/ Q; o  aM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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: b" X; h2 T; f7 ?; V* 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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8 O  _# R; J# k7 w; MM: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.
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  d+ n3 d! f. N2 wL: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。! Y0 o/ D  p5 \1 {0 k- H
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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.  m7 ~+ P) y+ K, l& n) z0 ^6 u

( q- U. S: b0 I6 bL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!! o  `& G1 L1 ^8 ~9 {1 f0 S8 I; z
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
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* M4 K  H1 S; e5 \, t* {1 S' [1 r) ^" ]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。( |. J0 V' W6 D: P

% r" _1 o3 D$ @1 W" E, O9 |M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.- W+ a& B0 U4 A2 _
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?/ r# D1 _/ f! o. ^+ W" h& `, |5 q
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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.  {) i  s& e0 J# Y( g
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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?, Y. W6 m% l) l: Q( x4 D

( G, l: |$ Q3 I. nM: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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7 M3 T2 h! [4 s7 }2 ZL: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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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?! I" |) l, R8 u( U* X! m( J. X

' X* n- {- O" r1 X7 P6 }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.5 I9 P/ s* B  `3 u6 W' B, k: G
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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.
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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.
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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?* S( z- \9 u: J6 K

, X! M8 H  `  g- F0 nM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!% H2 W' P5 y/ O9 g

* f1 J; ~, o1 e/ @1 T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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