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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.: W; Q# w9 ]3 e# C

4 x- @3 R* R* [8 R* ]/ KL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。2 \8 e8 T1 p! x" z) [# ~. u
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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?% s8 O# Y; G' T- r

% H7 m7 l5 X% SM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.) _9 h; ?2 n$ [+ e8 F
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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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) g, ^1 B' M- I+ bM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
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( ~# Z  w% f' q  @9 U6 v/ B( XL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.$ E* f( |' Z) E# O* D9 y

! P( O! t6 D2 M, fL: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?* E# V* E3 R* G6 I

) g8 Y, b- u4 I# VM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.0 R; e. r+ y  s2 O, B1 P( C6 C4 Z
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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.4 J$ f, H+ |* |1 k0 o, w/ U

# g+ g7 y9 Y# y' X3 sL: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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. q( F# b  Q& u2 w+ Q, M( @1 ~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.2 l% Q' @) _/ p& C2 G- X7 J# e
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?6 X4 o. l3 J$ I7 Z

- P) P4 E0 q& i5 ^# R+ a3 p- w7 qM:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.% d% L8 S" H# P  L* S7 L. T9 F0 y

9 s3 N- c: g4 n! t, j1 [! \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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. t3 `/ P) _9 U- G0 B: v( x' C8 N1 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.) W! h" f& O6 l9 g% g8 u$ }0 H
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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?
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- d4 ~$ J* R7 o+ U& \3 h  |2 A+ u9 HL: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.
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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.0 G- c9 S* o- J- _( F  t

2 C) i% Y+ I) O+ B$ ]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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$ Q# m* g+ t- ]- c/ [& g$ kM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!# u. N; o  I3 G9 \: W! v" E' X
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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。1 {* G# L7 ~- S" I2 J

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