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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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$ t, ^" L! E* NL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。% ~! F: v- J' m
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.4 f3 ]7 ^* t. y: f4 Y( f/ }$ o

, w4 x4 D# B0 m% B, D7 `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?
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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?! ]" K4 R& V+ d$ ]( I( r! K- j

9 ?" B; {( t1 F+ C) `- rM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.$ X/ G2 N, D% I) l1 W

! W9 _9 x/ k3 F  Y% f) \L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?/ n" T; q3 {* @! ]% M

' f6 k3 ]6 B2 A; w7 BM: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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4 p' w, o: c) U8 h& A7 ]/ y6 hM: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.  s5 t  U) `6 |6 O2 N4 [

/ t9 P- N, [/ P# m0 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?
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.& {) g6 s1 G1 F% @& r; ?( B0 l

9 Q  B! v1 b# a# n: wL: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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2 d; K" h3 Q3 t( a  [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.
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7 Z% _5 }) l, @1 q# z/ Y0 t8 EL: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.: r( r. t4 o/ S8 G# p

6 a0 \* g) D8 m: w8 h; N8 sL: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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/ k- s: C6 L7 UM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.! F, B( D9 L, f1 i9 T

# _9 @: x' F% e4 qL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?( A- h) }. J1 u- y! k5 j
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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.* [1 ^0 p! H: h9 [
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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?
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: W) Q3 ?' f3 T9 `- v! A+ 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.
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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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  w3 V- G: W, JM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?0 g2 o+ r- A+ |
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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。% o8 L0 r  Z3 c8 B( Y' k4 _) Y/ A

7 s4 j8 f+ |, r+ ^( bM: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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/ j. D* G* x7 R9 {1 V0 XL: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.7 a: V1 {4 h4 H0 C  |# \
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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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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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( r, y, g0 h8 C# |M: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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