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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.5 R/ ]* \: {+ ?( \% i) k3 v$ l

$ }& I7 H6 p- h3 d6 g5 v3 sL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。' D/ N. c7 ]& m) V! X
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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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?. }2 {; }8 S: \* }
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.3 U) S0 Y2 Z% V  C

1 N7 w0 D  V; g( ML:(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?9 H& f% E0 `7 U- B/ ^
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.$ p, y+ H5 A+ Z, x/ ]- L$ {: t
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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.
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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?! r/ J, Q$ Y& ^( z% @$ @0 w

5 s, h, h' T4 s6 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?4 V9 p' L  v1 {% m2 c
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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8 |4 }2 t2 n+ N; }+ ML: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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4 y. q" z' G0 `/ O4 ]: X$ SM: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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) U& P, L# \2 }& J. yL: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.1 D9 W  ^2 a; x
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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。
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$ ^: p: h* j  A8 |: [2 ~6 IM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are." d/ G1 X& ^& e

! C9 ~0 D; P8 P) `% g" v4 {( zL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?& [' v- ^; t2 f6 x9 I
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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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: W  X4 K3 Z7 u( `' tL: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?$ p* M: r1 b" c
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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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. ?1 z" `4 T& ]2 X) }9 h6 ZL: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?  k5 s& O  H7 R* A% m" r

$ T& o1 V& v  D* R: R: uM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?$ C: k8 O/ v8 F$ u6 H
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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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. }$ D6 D& o0 Y3 GM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.: n8 F0 v2 Q6 j3 F" A9 s- Y
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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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+ v1 U- D( W/ @$ zM: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.! F: i6 x! J5 n1 b- G2 L: p3 @, k* Q6 P
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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?6 @* t% v0 ~; g8 k1 ~6 G9 P- J) V

6 s7 n9 h# D6 D0 J0 q7 ^( h' a' V7 f: JM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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8 H: h* o$ N  S$ z4 v  G4 o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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