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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.  H4 m$ e% V# h" c2 a6 w1 W5 O6 ~

8 u+ g3 S3 G6 N4 v3 p4 a9 {L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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; K% v4 M/ m5 G- s/ Q. {* |" YM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time./ H6 h9 f# e$ `0 m# c. B8 V4 i
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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?
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7 q: Z6 b$ Q9 |. m& c; xM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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4 U5 ?0 `% f$ g1 B6 L/ R3 t3 x! a: sL:(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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* Q) X; H: ^" J5 NM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.2 K, _$ g; e- w. U. P+ h) \
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?7 s) v  Z( @3 r% K* ~) S& Z

% ^+ v! f4 ^' M  V. q7 l( X% X3 rM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.6 G$ v, X" ~, a- G3 W7 m
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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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# B2 L6 `9 j$ x5 |3 J- t3 U+ A4 ~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.* R- a7 r1 g! S

! @4 u8 M3 T  a' q) aL: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?1 H' w- @% m0 e  D5 J4 j

$ H# Z3 J4 Y0 |8 S' _. h- m$ B8 _M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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7 V( b, U  P$ q8 lL: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.4 z# T3 [$ H  W; z7 w
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!+ G* ?' p6 E$ V/ ]- E0 n6 {
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M: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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8 C2 ]) ^- i: K' X1 u9 F+ H/ b. `M: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?! N% \0 @! L2 b8 V
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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.; y0 K5 y7 ]4 \, M1 ^) N# _
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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?+ r  B6 F. x6 V- l' _  R3 z9 C) o
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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.- j- |' _" K4 y$ v4 B2 r

7 V9 X( J) l! n4 A0 G! K& c, 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?# K& X2 ?$ v# v
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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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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。
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6 b5 ?) ~% ^2 W. O: u2 \M:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.& b& n: x/ j4 ?5 w* T* o7 e) u; a' `( w

0 D; g, @' q" HL: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.* j( Q- O; O# w( t

/ f$ ?- @' f- F5 j/ R5 BM: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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' P: [- }' j3 D2 n6 Y/ M0 KL: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?! W* h) m) A$ a* n2 A9 V

% Y) b& ~+ W4 C( r+ `- ^- R  s$ iM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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: I1 z7 @9 H9 w6 |# ~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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