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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。. T( Y7 x3 Z! G

! [7 e3 B8 @) D& @( FM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.  ]+ A! V" G8 E5 ]3 X! t
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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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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way./ Q, F; L* D) @& O% l* D" k% s
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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?1 ~. f; L! ?, A, K, N1 R

' f/ ~5 @9 f/ p3 E3 ?6 {9 IM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.! O1 G" m. L/ Z! i1 B

5 i9 x' m) b- z% _; e! N9 a, WL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?" |4 J3 d* L8 q1 C* ?

7 {' H1 O1 u( m% f1 g9 {M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.' H  C: M- H1 `; {

+ B. |6 Z7 k; AL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?8 Q, V4 l- D& H! N
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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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# u+ v, b  o- U7 ^4 V1 g# e+ 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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6 ?. X6 e8 ]3 G  R7 XM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.+ g" p# b) ?' l! f. `9 O$ m

) M" q  u" X0 ~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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' z7 `; j! a0 ~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.( Q* u% |+ I# w% ?3 w
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!
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$ l/ F+ k, u2 Z& N  ]0 Q- @M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.. a+ B6 B  ^9 r/ \) F; w

/ v% K0 T6 P- E! }/ f) _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。. d: W  p9 H2 M: p; h5 {+ b! R
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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.5 Q) A2 J$ b/ K/ m+ [. y
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?- O+ W+ a7 D) O  T, F3 T* h, 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.9 J* G/ q! @. l, A, P9 g6 l6 _  L, e

- ~4 Q9 n+ B  n& C4 d# BL: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?: B! P2 M6 _+ U" n
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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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3 i. d6 ^) ?8 F0 X6 v, m# }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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! X6 Q3 j! f  B9 ]- Y* cM: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% k" F* j8 _1 h; B6 NM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.# G  b: w1 F$ ^9 f, m2 ~
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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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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.$ ^7 z) c2 Y- F0 b4 g

0 r: \6 ~6 ^' @% mL: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?
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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!1 _/ D+ W$ F+ P! x' T, o+ s
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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。9 h2 G0 Z8 P  s; c# z! U0 {

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