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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。( ?2 }. U* \  x1 G, L/ K$ K
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.# d; i8 L% p9 v: M5 |- ^, r
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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?+ d6 l  y  k. q
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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+ U5 F+ X- [+ i$ XL:(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?8 V' v8 s2 ~  p& c6 Q

4 |* w( r% u' \: eM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
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  C; `1 v  x$ P% y" Q1 rL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?5 y/ j6 W* f# a& s

  ?4 O; Y$ |. R+ w4 |9 CM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.' T) a- |! b4 M* n, G
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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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; r& e3 F& K% S; {- }7 k; y( sM: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?- x8 O, M, F. H$ i4 k7 H
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M: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 E8 k1 x6 k  @9 l9 ~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.5 U/ @, j% u9 {3 S/ X

$ D5 w( @1 @' r/ Q. k* f9 CL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!, h2 b1 e/ ]! t( f; d7 z
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.0 `. F! v# K3 a! Z2 _4 k! h
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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?
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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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( C' w# Y9 C& I3 a$ W( w( fL: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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# Z) ?' Z1 G% ^! W9 w8 RM: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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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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, {5 R  R$ V. t8 ]+ K% {M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?+ H) @) P& i& Z4 w3 ?( M4 v

+ q! }: H2 _5 ]* [L:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。( o+ Q  a) J7 o& _

7 l# C" N! Z: H0 g4 Q9 L# k) EM: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.  {7 {- v7 A6 m  E2 t6 m" a7 y

8 Z- Z0 N+ m% [3 Q% fM: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!% g- r6 {/ h( D5 z' q5 p4 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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9 O! \: V: A7 a1 e9 t3 X. m3 MAudio as following:
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