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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.: a0 m6 z  @. f8 P& S

# i: |$ I( L' _L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。2 A" t6 w0 d* V2 C; h7 Z& t1 n% {9 O

8 l, I/ \; ~, d, i/ rM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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' j, y4 M+ ?) t7 bL: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: D+ w0 i5 a  {) y* @2 z$ u+ XM: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?" o3 u1 r* o/ q' B

! Y' F/ |' D9 ^+ i) ]+ tM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
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6 C+ `) D# p( D1 CL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?0 B9 Q0 G( D, e

8 W+ r+ ~& I7 U/ F- cM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.! ~5 N" ^5 H! r/ F0 D* Q- ~

% z3 Z% u/ {1 |( f6 iL: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?( L0 k. _" h' X( G) ^

. A# ?* I. E% D2 D3 D' JM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.6 v* M2 k: n- ~4 Y

6 G* T) b7 ~+ k/ u9 c# g% ~1 eL: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 e) x4 @# t8 D  U1 Q
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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.2 s7 E4 o% b' h7 ?0 I5 _
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
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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。0 d6 m5 x0 E" e

4 {4 S( R* U% n" a7 X  x& vM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
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6 ]8 ?/ v4 d' v& x. k  c0 q% pL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?! l) }- }0 O+ _' z  j
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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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  V9 }) s/ g/ d) L' VL: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?0 N$ v- v* @3 u# m
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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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) D$ V3 `' H9 G3 @( d# ^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! v; X: z) ]4 g

  D" t" j. ]$ I4 |: _: p$ `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。; @: n, q- N: k( u# C7 \2 }

7 a6 W" y& p) @/ F9 L1 MM: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.1 i2 }) u  C2 j7 d
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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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7 g3 L+ L+ J! L. L( N, F, H2 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?! g) ?$ h/ E$ L. f- c

' F- N& ~* S7 o" U; r" `2 W3 Q2 v, rM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!6 q1 x, X: \2 Z, j! r( y7 \

$ \8 W) R9 [0 I2 G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。+ O9 r/ }* ]- p; E

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