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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.4 D! v; X& u5 l0 U3 P* Q( O
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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* F0 X5 h% {" B  E" `7 H5 XM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.9 k) s( Q( Z$ H1 J

  j, p) I3 y6 GL: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?# C( r# h  m$ V' N: ?

* C: Z) U6 n% e9 `; F, QM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.* r! V4 `, O8 A* Z2 m- L( v2 z
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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?3 u2 u% d3 ~1 s$ x1 K4 m$ T1 `% p

& p$ I1 K' j: |M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.9 u) q" F( J+ m$ a! K% I
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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./ F+ D, T& X8 e1 z/ g

' W$ h, K8 w/ eL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?0 n1 Z( ?% @( N2 p
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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.5 b" P. u% Y5 F' J* y

- n7 I" R% p% n, M+ l: BL: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.$ ^/ n) ]; N4 w$ `2 f0 K
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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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6 k' m$ V+ r) [7 ^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.  `! W3 {: ?, {

: K& a) \5 e; ^$ r0 p* {L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!
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2 L* L$ r: i/ G2 c- u3 FM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
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& q' D" t, c# ~5 M# q' AL: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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$ b- K) J8 k( k  |M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.7 l  {9 C9 U) b

- R# E1 h1 M: o1 [8 bL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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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.3 |8 [& i  R# ?0 `
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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+ i6 N* }7 @" L0 m/ h- X/ C
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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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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?6 H/ M) D' n4 k2 Y: f8 i
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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?  C7 p: y/ f6 x4 n) G

5 p& i9 W9 e6 TL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。* L& S8 \/ @; s* v$ X# b

: O5 V' B& ~$ B  x4 O* `: ~2 I/ ^7 J2 SM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.' N$ L/ h, A, {4 x' O) h1 p$ t7 t
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L: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.# P# o# o  ^5 Z: q# J9 U
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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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& Z* L0 h& j& C1 F. r' _( x0 ^: IM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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* M, @/ v, Q- d3 F8 o4 _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。- u; h/ n; I  z2 i( Y) I

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