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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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2 d/ B/ x' H2 J, r& z/ ]- TL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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% c& R/ a5 {% h$ u& E4 @- @M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.; l% J- R: Z  x( F- J  s9 a

6 P- f2 Q$ M; z8 ]; k" K! b) j! 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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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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; y3 O1 `/ x2 _7 S% `5 b- w( S8 BL:(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?5 x/ E- w. R8 m1 {7 r, K0 ^& F1 j
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.: s& Q. H, m. ]' p0 I' X

$ d- `- T, w0 r6 e9 UL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?- n( M9 }5 ^0 W5 {
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.. d1 o( r4 f8 C4 S& \
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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?4 \- B/ H1 h( F& n5 u
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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.7 @5 Q; Q3 C6 V) H

" `; q, ~0 L. }+ F  `4 d& QL: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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8 g& V; I8 G8 R9 CM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.! g; s6 Y1 [. }* ^# V7 `" \. p
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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。1 T$ d" q) p; A2 A* Z" O8 m. x) y
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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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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!3 X1 P& g" a- f

& B! U9 r8 g: y* ]% D/ iM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.# e' l! [1 Q9 S3 L* Q
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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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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?2 J6 x$ k  w' K
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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.; d! E& k  l( J, j: x7 w

& d- L2 Y3 F% z+ r% K0 p- 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?& s/ r" Y/ t0 @# R  \7 O0 q  W

5 [4 p; u; g& GM: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., M; h( R- K" Q4 R# x
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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?$ v& d6 c" F  R9 l

. W. F3 \& M; D  K2 c+ oM: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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- w& s+ `' V( JM: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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: w1 [1 C  x, Q+ i8 GL: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( [* D' W* S$ k& x  ?7 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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9 v$ A; F8 \; J. 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?) D$ v1 l. F* L& S
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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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( Y6 \; K4 A& ~8 M3 M+ T2 E9 l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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