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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( G- T0 \% K0 ~+ H1 {L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。( M8 Q# H  q) r$ g* T8 y/ W6 l# R
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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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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.! I7 j) m$ b( O( v8 v5 D
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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?
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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?6 D/ Y. Z# |4 m

$ `: V0 t4 h( B% d* O2 G/ LM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.- c) W$ A) ?" h

1 b* r( w* J$ n% j' ]9 _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: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?
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" a7 `. M7 e$ w4 Y  b' o& B8 f, {& cM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.; w$ R0 o" o; _. c

2 D# ~4 b3 c6 c+ g) ], ?0 NL: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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9 q- b6 w$ ^0 g( VM: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.* p$ x, K0 |3 K7 r6 S
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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。
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+ }) K1 b4 F% ?- B) ?M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
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2 U1 _6 g% r5 L% p8 {) E1 B) b0 @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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) W1 f( |% P9 C3 }" @' vL: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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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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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?3 H7 ]1 ?0 E& I. m, E! n+ |4 l# b  L: N

4 A, h. d  W7 o. wL: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.2 a( S3 X' h8 c. |9 S/ x7 O+ }

2 z- m7 e& `# n# v0 ]3 s; Q9 xL: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.* k% {; }" {7 B# d
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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.6 P! p; V  ~+ w# ~: p$ V4 W
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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?% V2 \" p0 ~+ s( }

9 \9 e* t, h5 x. d8 A2 h  cM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!( j, \7 A& V7 j0 [/ {( a! S" |

% _! C( u" U" @6 P8 k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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