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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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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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( Q2 y  d0 a! V( o& t% _M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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6 c! A6 z# z  P6 y' G" _7 jL: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./ J+ t0 ^$ ]% ?7 K/ _  _. f
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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?
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.; G! ^) D+ q$ s0 E! B) C5 b
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?5 D- ?% O% C+ R6 h0 v+ t& L: g

7 V  f9 T/ D% j" }  nM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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$ i1 i3 x. X6 JL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?9 {9 A/ p- S; i6 c9 F
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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 Y5 M8 r* l) M. P% g
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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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& |; ~9 i* t4 [' `5 [6 w" j8 p. YM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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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。* @( \& T8 H& U) B$ R; h3 U

3 n# J. o" h7 H- g( YM: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.) `; R) o2 y) e+ @* O4 V4 T9 l
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!
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# Q! h+ S- s% w: A+ DM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
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$ J4 w% L3 Z7 Y% L# r8 kL: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。: |7 N0 L& K$ N/ U- R* j, W& K

+ @: W" U4 p  {+ HM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.8 h7 O; u* v! r: c4 A, m

, o# t) U& B3 G7 jL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?, \' E& w' H1 @1 C$ V# X% f4 u8 s

) v* o7 d: ?0 e2 D) D4 X4 dM: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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. I0 S) u8 A4 f0 @3 M" `& e/ nL: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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9 b3 a! j- r- h$ G$ ^6 YM: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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' {0 J' I/ T) n: f( }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?) N( w8 q4 e# C4 u# D
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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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+ C0 o. s$ x% |/ E9 }M:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.- J. I8 A5 J- E; i3 B

& ]2 O2 E, v& dL: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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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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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!, z- R6 z: }* C0 c5 x# ^" S1 S+ a

% `, N1 _) b. u5 J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。& T% ]; _: h# z: B: _
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