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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.  M) U. M: H* f* \. p
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。4 x/ G3 \9 X) x5 U; Q1 {0 ~9 e4 ^

( I5 \' n. Q$ b$ i' kM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.: ^; K5 T+ F' p/ n( K9 b

# _5 Q* F7 C4 G  _/ UL: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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) H' ]3 ~/ g7 E+ GM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.2 s8 K9 H5 w' k# r
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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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: q6 m$ C3 L) }# _4 n! c6 D. ~M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
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! @- h5 @' I* L5 dL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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" n. ^. r3 @6 V, ]M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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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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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?1 A7 v5 L! h3 L& v" @7 j
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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/ b4 t0 \4 ]9 A' V7 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。+ M5 F9 h7 I5 y, W, o$ m
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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.
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  t& X5 ?5 C* H3 @L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!
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& c2 G$ \! F+ CM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
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. s1 _- f( B2 g9 vL: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。8 M( A) j) U2 M% q* P

# d, O) Q3 n! DM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
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9 q/ V# o3 M& ?9 I1 {L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?; H* a  ]+ p9 Q" S3 z2 B& P2 a
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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.  k' B; \& E" Z" H
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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?
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9 l5 S* }: h% h: ~) m  tM: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- M2 q6 E) o$ Y1 G6 L8 NL: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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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?/ i) G' \- Q, c7 Z
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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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- u  @: N8 L4 w1 L4 R* y9 q5 mL: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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# D, s, A9 O( o4 ^3 M' TM: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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2 w/ u( H1 e; f! u0 z2 K# l6 `6 L$ \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?% n6 p' ?4 l1 d% R$ F+ \) l! W
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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!; P+ F# ?1 }! E' Q" t* e( f8 v: e

7 G3 R' l: r' R6 E" s6 Q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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