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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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6 ?" k9 L. ?& P3 ~L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。/ w% }* \- H6 z5 H

6 }3 \) S0 B  }0 t0 y. H$ OM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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6 j* b; D% @8 Z$ I* }$ N& [# DL: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?# K( n$ X* Y8 {  g3 Q

; S/ ~0 i- _3 Z  xM: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?& e# T% w  G# H  j
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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?/ Y( ~, m. v& A6 L: T. }

& X' M, ~- H# Q' u5 aM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.7 {1 U# ?+ `# S; ?1 y  \2 t

- |/ t' }: r8 V, K( i' S+ ~$ R6 W1 L* g! qL: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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8 \  B" L) T$ W/ g/ R  M, TM: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.) t) k( O6 Z9 i3 y: g

: M& \9 o) |' j+ q4 T/ ML: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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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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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.+ y9 t( `6 j9 R# N1 Y  c
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!
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$ o9 y. K$ s  |: L1 q8 K3 E$ u8 DM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.' V5 Q) B% R2 Y% [4 [3 W
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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?* t) l' O. X. ?
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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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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?
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' \* C5 c2 L* gM: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?& h* v7 |- W/ p4 t

: u4 G" H: m# f  o) {M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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5 f! P4 e6 r$ z! r- f. vL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。$ O9 Q, X% D, \: U1 K" N) W0 M
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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./ K+ c0 U5 S" h1 A8 p. p" B5 F  g
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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.
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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.
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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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' c  \' h. D# U* K, W3 EM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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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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