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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.  ~: @1 k0 R8 l  i0 l4 Q$ D, c* F

# P5 X; W" h% }/ t3 D1 Q& YL: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., Y: Y5 W- t6 R7 O# |6 S; O

3 k. P" f+ `$ W& E; V) j/ l+ U! fL: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?1 n+ i2 \. T: K) ^: C; c

) v7 y/ _9 G& v9 S5 ?/ jM: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?5 P( c' p# w% P
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
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0 G: [; Q. P2 T7 ^/ P( aL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?& Z- x) |& W7 I$ O6 M
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.; z0 p" y  I: G4 E* b/ _
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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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/ @$ Q7 [% x, [( M3 N  @8 _% dM: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.% d* W7 n( W4 C2 j

. G# {$ d; b6 m4 ?& Y/ |% ^1 z) kL: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?8 z' u8 Q: y7 I' r. x5 w1 Z: J/ Q

% X; \: @; H2 jM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.5 e4 e% E/ s# V% W
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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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9 o! p( z8 Y5 _+ v" pM: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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; q8 J% j0 Y7 h( W2 LL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!- b$ k' A" `% }0 e/ f* j- u9 q5 \

# e7 j+ o- b4 D6 W4 h( |/ [, @M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
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8 @! c! ^3 b5 F, S$ I6 f0 ^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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+ Y- N5 r! M8 @+ L" XM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.* ?4 w- M/ t( h  ~  [* ^
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?9 y3 R* V0 c7 H* \! Z, C

* Z& m* h0 Z7 G- C7 J6 hM: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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2 ?$ ]) g) H& ]( f0 v6 PL: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?4 u( L# J# G3 I) f% ~7 {* ~
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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?
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/ ?; h! ]' ~- V! f% P& GM: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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M: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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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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1 I6 _# m1 f6 ^$ S& o, hM: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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4 y; m- i4 e! ?# r2 o$ K; T5 F5 GL: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?3 _+ p5 ]' y) f1 L6 ?& j! c

. K) S* ^6 n$ uM: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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