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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.9 {& k$ p! v: ?8 p1 e
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L: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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" `2 W+ e: v  @3 jL: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?2 q" W% M" I4 C7 m6 x. D- c
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.+ W& q5 D; |6 O7 c2 n( E9 B

& |/ R6 K) u, k6 M2 c# FL:(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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) I. o: C8 E* Z' ^1 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.
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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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* h( M9 w% l4 R- F  Z$ ?$ |2 kM: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?; ^5 E4 a1 p; l7 b  I
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.! }6 W) G9 H) [
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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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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.1 F6 |1 T! _* ^( x

( g" P# x4 V/ p3 m+ RL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!  u) U; d1 h6 l

) L+ s8 {9 o: g) Y+ r* y5 kM: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。
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' ^5 w! _; @* q* R$ t" zM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
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9 E  u/ U- p$ ZL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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: a1 A8 o% G2 g+ f- {5 CM: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 q# R% p6 `9 u' 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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* k4 J2 j  \7 U: T4 Q" C1 cL: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?7 l/ [# L2 W; Q0 u/ I% H- a

( U# N1 l4 X9 O7 W7 HL: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$ }# ~" R( T7 r$ f# 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.; y1 \& G3 o0 m* z4 m* e
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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.3 P1 C' S6 S- `' |& X

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# _& B. \# R, _" x1 NM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!- B( ^  Y% E9 j' Z) S5 ]
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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。% N" v# M( S5 y5 v5 _
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