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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.7 l- u, h0 g7 ^. K9 i8 O" g
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。: `9 C2 v5 z/ ]4 e- R9 j- X
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.& r- K$ D& N' j) m, O. u
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L: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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2 B, Q% G' c- X0 GM: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?/ U/ b1 N0 u0 O4 ]# g8 v( _
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.3 x; X0 J5 U: q9 F
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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.: K+ R2 e6 V/ a2 `* [1 F5 T
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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?1 Q$ W' [, C$ }$ r& S$ E3 m, }

/ n$ u6 ^$ j& fM: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?! l, ]4 ]6 t; g3 R6 n2 I

; Q- p& }8 [) l* I5 N. rM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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  M5 v; P% G# RL: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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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.% n7 p4 |: W! ?* p

: h# F5 v9 e0 R  KL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!
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/ N6 B* ^3 Y9 X* v' ?2 g' hM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.. ^5 i8 ~+ ?+ w8 G8 j/ `

# o2 Q/ m( `4 g5 E; cL: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。' D+ A  _5 k' W0 u9 `
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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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L: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.
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0 z% W5 G: }6 z" D2 F6 n* lL: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?' _9 x+ N3 V/ H, R6 F+ f* ?
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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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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?% c. e, z. Y* \0 D- j
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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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8 L4 G; o# U4 A! z$ p1 z' @4 |8 LM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.# {. L' T$ |. o$ w, G

% n( c$ _+ V& s: K4 {9 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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  P# f- {& @* x9 E5 rM: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 h/ n$ g4 O9 R9 P" L5 nL: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?# X5 Z+ O% }  {3 O$ c1 y; b

5 Y8 F9 [, N! o# Y( I7 V2 BM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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6 k& n4 v% x5 R) 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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