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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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$ P& R" H  q/ a% y! z5 vL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。( F8 u" S' m- G# p% i9 ?
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.* o% [, t# o6 r

& L3 R# z' x, V6 oL: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?$ L0 j/ O) w' V0 u( b

! k" Y* }3 o% ~( NM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.+ X: @5 r5 G8 }  W( e: f' \8 N

: e2 o( I! ]$ r) ~1 vL:(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?
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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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- y+ U7 H: T. p8 ], D% R- Q! \. wL: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?
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. m: k+ g' k0 R8 XM: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.8 S. a+ A0 b9 W9 v. f0 X
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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?
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1 m1 q9 Y/ z7 m( s- O% o+ JM: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。. W) n, f1 p; K

7 a  U& P% L- }: y8 I7 ~2 JM: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.+ Z. h+ S2 J0 Q% V$ r
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L: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.
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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。. l* ]4 [# v! ^: E1 {" B/ y" W& _

$ J5 Q% }; |$ F: q  LM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.# p" k9 b, @+ H+ U+ _5 U2 K4 R6 `

  ]3 v  F% C  g5 ^- @L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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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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* G3 {0 O/ f1 ~# nL: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?9 h6 S# U* X2 r
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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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: H# Z1 M( w0 I* i$ b9 \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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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?# Y" @9 C" B7 q$ a/ G  U' Y' B6 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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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.4 W5 W2 {6 x' L* s. g

2 z) [3 |, X  y0 Z/ t4 ?+ uM: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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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!- Q0 y! H; D9 Y
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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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