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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。) p. n! R( L# p

8 t, R- r! B6 x6 f5 KM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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* M8 b' K0 E; d. a4 X+ f, xL: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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. A& s1 b5 o; R1 fM: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?
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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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# ^$ n9 ]# B! L" T. xL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?$ [; v5 k; J, D( a' b3 k1 r& U

8 j3 ]' z) ?1 t7 K0 _M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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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?# ?. m  x7 z$ T* K1 }
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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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% N5 v# d5 m0 a6 R6 L1 H5 X5 PL: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?# e+ E: O6 m+ F0 o! ^+ o9 i
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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1 T- v1 B" K! i3 Q2 O$ L/ RL: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。! ?0 ?3 A: Q( m( {" x: B6 S
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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./ T. z1 l- B# j2 I0 o' l
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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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4 Q( B/ [/ b9 q2 R9 e% JL: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.0 h/ u2 t2 N5 S$ ?- P/ ~

5 C0 B9 b1 |9 @  g# JL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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4 V3 c6 O/ D, h2 L$ A" R6 bM: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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1 L$ A. P" s' \6 C, e% i/ ]7 H' sL: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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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?
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4 ~; J5 G) n. K/ k& t1 yM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?7 I$ V; y. D: ]* u" ]8 f2 H

& |' {0 ^; ?* U8 @+ _6 DL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。( [  p- k4 Q+ k4 S3 W. ]% S) ^4 e
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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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$ d+ I" A$ e, q3 U+ TL: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., a- F! f7 `% M" g3 {8 ]) ^  _

! ^& b2 j. a& X7 H& f* L! UM: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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! X. e7 V" |( ~4 F5 H% e) L+ ^M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!" `% r' j' i, F- z2 V, z
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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。2 s2 E  l+ ^3 ?
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