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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.; V5 `* M/ {- X1 V3 F
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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." W& F' G8 l, X2 R% v
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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?) J) z! X5 k/ W" _6 V+ [$ ~3 Q
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.- g  h5 q! r( G3 n9 p+ D/ ?1 O. p9 p8 e
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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?" _+ g  h' d8 S7 j

9 F, s) J8 P$ H% K* fM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.! _! L% U- }( W: x* j6 I/ K1 _) K

: L, R- R& Y7 J2 RL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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6 @- ~6 s9 o$ R* P& T: iM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.0 `( Z4 o' ~( ]  t8 C. {/ ^

4 w& @. L# W  x/ l5 [2 e* dL: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.3 t' C# `- g! H/ z: k8 y
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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.9 R9 w/ f; L& V3 C; n/ [
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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。+ B$ m' U7 P# q

0 B* c- I4 [6 y5 ?0 T. \( _& {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.2 G8 @7 w; I5 M3 W( D
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!
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. O2 ]* c+ ~& _M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
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8 _1 p+ G3 n: `) O  f! _) nL: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。1 U$ g/ t- K5 q3 A6 [
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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
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8 j; ~+ O/ P( b. z8 FL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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" }* e. T( h1 s( e+ S" fM: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?# P; M1 }) o# d

4 B; h5 x. T" E  {( ~, 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.& r& A2 R% e) L. J7 }$ X3 O3 ]
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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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/ e( y/ Y3 b3 V+ B% x6 |3 H; KM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?; K$ b4 v! p  L# z

5 _$ V% u! ^* z& a# S$ O# TL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。- H- q* j- Y6 s* c0 k. t5 z

) S1 ^0 x/ B8 Y" N! YM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion., x0 z! d! L% T1 A( Z

* o3 e8 C6 s. X/ G6 \# w0 F+ 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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" N5 n" l. w. qM: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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) L9 v" S; m1 x2 N/ k; h; lM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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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。
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