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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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- z; @: n6 x# M, t  [L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。9 Y, P' ~+ R3 A& Q! a

- t& O1 l1 j) r8 s2 n# _M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.. K. O3 V5 D+ U/ {! _

  |* r  X$ R0 M9 LL: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?; r  q/ h- t  E- U  \! r
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.+ J4 p2 [* N- C$ j8 v% p' z# X

& w, U& f7 d/ YL:(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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( k0 n# {8 C# o3 a& ~M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.% ~& f' s9 A" L0 d9 t
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?/ W3 z* O9 O0 r6 B, Y
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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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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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8 N; E. D0 D8 C, y/ f  LL: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., R+ _& i7 ]; h

  [) H8 W- u9 G& u! s. H- oL: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。/ w  W, e1 s$ m9 j

" p( l+ N/ e' o  U/ F9 K' `3 sM: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.* E( U. k) B4 O7 J* K/ r

4 b7 ^* Q, B% C) E2 ]$ sL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!9 C) @# ~$ ?  U. \) N1 I+ h

, d9 E  n+ \! i$ a, X4 O# s% gM: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。( d+ \+ \, `# \- J. n

: X& B; |% O" z/ l1 U! Q) iM: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?; ^2 N9 N0 F; f) u0 g: ]/ s
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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.
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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?3 N7 A6 {! I6 U( A# w1 ~2 H

. D9 T; j5 h" B0 s5 uM: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?2 `' b- o$ _; O( F2 b7 Q+ G9 U
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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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1 \. z0 b$ v1 D8 s0 WL: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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/ h7 L5 @3 |3 U! v! A/ CM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.6 W' [' ?  s9 k2 X

3 R% B% v7 @6 }3 }# c  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.
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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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9 r/ k7 b% H1 g! u) j2 {8 l& cL: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?6 X5 A6 K# `3 D! ?' A# |) M
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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!/ t( P/ Q) Y5 Q$ E) _% [

! W$ B+ X! q2 D6 s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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