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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。3 m' \0 Q8 k. i$ @

: }- o1 Y. p6 e# E% AM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.5 q3 n* H4 F1 G8 c( c; R5 O/ m
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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.
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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 P7 L5 k* l- E
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?2 m/ F) n* N- \; |8 q* g
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted./ y4 A0 J' `: {
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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?2 b* x# c9 l- z, ~# u

6 \) h2 V: B7 |9 v, GM: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?" @& f& x7 h4 ~. W' D% d
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.0 k9 T) V9 Y; F- ?# ~) M

" q, }' }5 D/ V. w7 X, V, r; ?+ dL: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 ?  ?0 b2 B  I* i1 o

1 A3 G' j2 X1 b- O. n$ u5 t* [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!
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3 ^" e8 X8 E1 M1 x& S: hM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.5 @; h$ r: u$ c# b- R4 y( ]
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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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9 j5 N. N# B( e- S  n# XM: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?% M% G0 }/ Y* N
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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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& m  s# c% H$ P: k2 ^& Z! e( p! AL: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?
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. K& b$ y; s% Y, mM: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." }. ^/ }6 t( G
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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?  Y: z1 s5 F4 }9 V

2 Q/ m" C0 X. j" V+ qM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?) T: W& f  \4 ]4 D! i: ~

1 w% D% k$ T  h3 L6 GL: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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! T' Y- ~3 a/ j: x4 TM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.. \. J. i8 n7 D* f* S$ B
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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.$ x3 y) c2 D5 z

9 ^4 P2 X) B$ R. X  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./ O2 ^( k2 ~# R1 }/ N: K# N

' [& ^! P+ p8 d0 yL: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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% e, I6 c* k5 D# n9 GM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!  a2 D( N1 `! [: c- ]

! I, Y9 V- ?/ r; k) a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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