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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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+ r9 w! O! H  I4 _; G' r6 {7 bL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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- @7 e- p1 y) I, s  C4 @1 ^  p$ LM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.6 ]" G1 }; Q. Y

7 F! T, {! v) `& U; RL: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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9 R# @6 ^2 [+ N) o; hM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.1 b7 e6 o" q/ @+ D* E
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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?2 }7 s$ T' Z4 ^* E4 I

6 O1 m) o1 s3 M: A/ ~M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.; w- k, z" W. c! m2 u% I
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?8 V5 Q- v7 h) Q" B, f4 q

- f( y% u5 I$ ?  R8 PM: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?
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' r4 A- h* K4 T- z9 N6 e2 L, RM: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." u3 Z+ ]% s4 J8 j7 B+ s

( G  f4 x$ p& I) K; E0 aL: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 W/ w2 x6 z  s# t

! {6 w" t$ R0 l; z0 yM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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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。
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5 S: C0 A: S: {* Y  s) tM: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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% P+ \0 Q0 E+ P8 |L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!
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0 ^$ x. l! K! e5 [M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.: i; I; K( |5 j4 Q# @$ T1 `6 b
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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。) g6 i) |: N+ y1 g- n3 N% }. Q& ]5 x

" z  \+ L  ?& }8 A1 n/ k- r/ g% SM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are., l6 ]) o5 m* O# \) E
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?2 b. a) i) z, z1 p  R! _

" }* O# f8 h5 g' J5 }5 D3 m; Q* [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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, F9 e' h0 I+ ^) WL: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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4 }+ n  \/ q$ j- U8 f  A0 pM: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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0 h! _7 `' n& I) U0 r. v/ R, KL: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?! E& c8 S. ?, L/ s
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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?" h3 w7 C3 s1 e5 x; d- n9 v

' E, ?: \( ^2 n2 U" P5 g4 IL: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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* D$ k, W7 _& ~8 n. ~M: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.. ~5 A. J3 Z* D; v* G
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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.. j5 k- Q1 L0 d9 @/ f- ^9 k+ V# N
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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?
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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!9 u  H; Q. l0 M; l% ^8 I6 n
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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。
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