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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。* |* H: [5 E4 ?, E9 Y

* K! f! S8 j* W4 S7 eM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time." L# q% N6 Y4 `, Y

2 S) ~% g6 v3 _' p' F! T- r0 QL: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" T% v: D0 C$ |: @2 b

- i; V$ g! m/ {2 @M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.0 a4 \' }) U1 r0 g+ Z

8 y( B- `, C% d0 QL:(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?! ~% Q% h+ D$ U$ b$ a% D
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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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1 q& I. D/ I3 }' b) VL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?% Y6 _1 D5 @8 c4 i: \
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.! T; C- S+ M/ j' _5 M+ C
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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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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.
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# M1 Z' x( U, B/ l2 s" M+ gL: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.
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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。8 X3 z. R% x9 X3 p

0 c+ @$ a0 A; S6 K8 bM: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 q$ P: i2 ^  U& d& [2 y9 F
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!. ^; \! n& p8 B: n: j" r, B
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.. @" d/ d# R9 ~0 q

8 _! W6 I. B" |" ]3 S& ?1 eL: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。" g" C* X* I6 @$ o1 q8 @; t
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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
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3 H  w- H3 }" h: o. e. n9 B: 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.4 n- o5 p& c" V& [( _7 x

$ z$ L* ~  x4 W, B* q! WL: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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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./ f" y7 @$ z% b' Z

1 [6 f0 d0 F1 M8 o- G/ bL: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?, z  e6 o6 |* A1 j# ^$ {2 q
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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。( m2 j% i5 M) t8 T7 ~6 t. b8 b

$ ?' b' s' D/ Y* M6 H5 o: @7 AM: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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8 G+ d- t4 s' l. _7 RL: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.0 K, d5 ^  I; S5 ~0 c, |: k; D6 J" @7 y
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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?: K; C2 u) k( K4 {1 w  ^/ \( }
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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!% T0 \% i8 A$ j( l

6 |9 x( e( D) b; q6 K3 d$ N3 R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。5 z; K3 \+ o  z1 T& H7 }/ r8 G

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