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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。9 V. P% W1 [% K* D, U6 Y

; _5 N/ y, M/ M5 VM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.! ]  H5 O2 I6 g6 ?2 ^( U
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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?1 |4 z4 h9 C- k& b! H, U6 @
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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?
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.7 v: S2 D: \  n+ I; l$ g3 x9 V
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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.( X) |/ |  ?6 j9 s3 s7 r& Y- j
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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?
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/ }% D" b1 M" Z) C' UM: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.& ?! O: f- S3 f& T$ s

" _9 B4 ]7 k2 b9 [4 OL: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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8 h* P7 M6 A! a5 JL: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。- v. |9 C! M0 Z+ t

  b% \* ?: x3 V$ g7 CM: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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  e  L2 @4 @4 R, H+ R, e+ ^) CL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!
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! Y0 B: D+ a1 X, mM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.* X: v) Q7 }) C! b- f" Y) k8 m

/ N1 j9 g- f; TL: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。" l8 j5 U4 L# t( P( q

1 O. Z- [5 X3 o& CM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?- S0 Q. c1 Z  N6 i" ^4 `7 W

& Y+ w* w+ a1 Q& h8 NM: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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! \  k0 p. H5 C% O" P. m: nL: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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! y0 |5 ~) P. t) GM: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.+ p6 ^* {& Z1 a4 `/ l( c2 Q

) p: J0 ^2 R$ `% {; L" NL: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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0 A/ `/ B1 b; K; @; k5 M& aM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?2 k1 Y8 v: p. v. E
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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。& w1 R4 x. x, L/ w, u  S
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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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! U+ [' t# O8 ?+ A. ?! [# 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?1 o0 Q2 ~( U$ j0 H' g) K4 p# M8 a

$ C% u$ N5 o5 w. a! S4 g& `M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!6 G& [/ ^0 ~& }% G2 w: {

8 o0 s# D. u8 v4 M# R6 a# f% G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。" v. e: I0 F3 p4 o" X- t

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