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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.5 C) M% C. Q4 C- b& p5 L& u

3 r$ h0 ^8 ~. x* ~& c1 LL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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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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5 F" n0 O. @! f. t# x: rM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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8 H& l3 Q0 ?6 L9 {1 v, W' l4 nL:(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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( Y( S3 |/ s) kM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
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' Y. |" t- l9 b7 |6 |L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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- T8 u* X! M* R% A# c# N) CM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted., R5 m: W2 C$ e6 {2 D
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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?- q5 M) X# [7 y2 F7 E- _5 Z. c- c
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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.1 N2 W) k, K" ]. J

0 Z1 |7 n% W3 v+ \1 {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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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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! W6 M+ P* Z( K1 F9 ^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。* ^, b3 S1 ]$ Y& L% q! Q6 B

, ]7 d0 B, `; v  F/ G8 g3 FM: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.6 v2 i0 ~$ g0 ^+ P
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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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) r. {/ P. `: R  c" h- oL: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。: r% G. p) }+ c% y! i1 S( I
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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.. P1 t  L: h# |; r3 C6 [# ?
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?: a2 b; G& }, w# f' \8 W

/ k5 e: i" v% P5 B  y3 w, FM: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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L: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?7 i% E; ], k9 s; q: Y( f/ o( t

( r: h$ K# E4 B* @. F1 o  _: J' h% 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 s2 Y2 k+ h! `( C7 A8 {" T$ ?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?
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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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# P  y/ r. `- T7 }/ c3 v; M7 kM: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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# W4 |2 v: x: Y+ p& RL: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: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., Q. V5 `3 Q; S2 q* Y: B# k9 C
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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?1 |5 x  [& D. E0 }: ?

+ v- v# c7 g. h7 J5 j$ S: Z$ f2 ]M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!& m7 I- C( Q8 Z& i9 R: v6 f" v$ V

" ]' K6 z2 t6 e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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