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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.3 ?2 d: X/ m7 F6 ]* B6 B

0 U/ P+ D  b9 |, GL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。4 @5 _2 A: Q$ \6 x* @

. c% ~. K  e( }" C# q' aM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.) E% \# W4 J7 H; a% F

4 H% X5 \5 M0 m, V7 {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.
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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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" N, D' v- z& oL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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5 ~+ w8 A. O) g* \M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted./ c  }1 `2 f+ ~
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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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, y3 S5 P3 c" ~2 J$ i0 ZM: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./ ^6 I1 m- W: p, D1 \* I' n
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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?7 x7 j! p) O8 \/ z
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.9 N# r: p6 O: e0 u+ M

2 L; |" y0 V8 F5 ~$ h% B+ W* g+ z7 sL: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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, F% v2 m* t" I3 x; P3 }: z) l+ 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.5 j  t. u; [: W6 \4 ~

. F3 {7 }+ k- [/ E) E; z; Y1 |" @L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!$ D  O# e) W% ?4 W3 ?5 _6 f7 M

9 r$ x, d5 `$ a# S- kM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip." D6 M7 N9 p6 Y5 F1 ~
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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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. i+ X+ `# Q; l$ p5 S( S' zM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.; W$ N: t: b$ k: E$ d- ?. l
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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.; B& q8 s5 t1 ?3 ^2 K) X% n

( P! u% ^& ]' TL: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?, U5 H# R4 P5 K) k" k6 A5 [# o5 u
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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.$ g' O' m- G/ F
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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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6 x* b8 r4 S& t8 AM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?- k4 W! x3 w. Y7 r1 {0 u

+ k1 G9 k3 ]1 @& f& r' S0 Q/ RL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。/ j- B' t* r4 d3 g! h
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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.  B4 a8 M- R  a

/ v" j2 c, z! M" W# TL: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.; h7 F3 F8 d0 B+ z, `' I: S. z9 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.8 M" F5 P/ q$ h  c6 v0 w) q

# K. u3 n* Z2 y6 f6 hL: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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* `! k6 R4 p! o9 V* eM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!" r/ C' S' D# @4 n* U3 i
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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。+ \* q# ^+ g" P$ b: e

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