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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.- N" ?8 a" f. a" C% C

8 g( E2 s+ ~- b) {; a2 nL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。" R/ Y: j! V, I: `! p! ^7 t$ z

, d$ ?9 ^8 i1 C7 UM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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% @0 x( c$ d* D6 V% s$ UL: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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5 _  T5 U5 R1 v* Y7 N  x; `/ q' r3 WL:(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?, D+ z& n* S: n, ^
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep., a" g( b, O! a* {1 {0 j0 s

; D" s& k' u2 E" `. tL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?# U1 m/ t1 D) z4 i; L+ |

2 W9 b9 g$ F" \- V, e3 A7 Y1 tM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.% H. j) `9 f5 X" L0 p/ _, n
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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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, @/ f9 G+ W9 V( T8 m7 x  g2 KM: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.5 j1 i3 M3 j- k* N3 Q$ d
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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?. Y* k4 A+ R6 ?- `$ d: T6 |
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.8 V6 I( i( S$ p# H/ T- l/ Z( T: S

" R# J" `4 W8 C! J+ KL: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。+ I4 J, X$ a0 r
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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.
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!0 `0 d& a' m9 U+ d
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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。) W% K* [. j* {( T' X4 O

6 E( o, ^2 E0 u) M6 n. FM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.7 D$ C# r" ~5 |4 R

7 T- f1 T# \  y! G1 o  cL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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% j3 l( Z0 `* L9 r+ jM: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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& f- C4 r  r, U& f& Q- A0 [3 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?' i$ K0 J9 i! L6 g: y

# n6 g9 D# p8 B' oM: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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: n  V# D5 z7 `6 Q/ }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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" V4 t" {* u. g2 bM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?" Q# z' \& \+ d! {; T/ l

5 ]/ t0 O3 z8 y, \5 ~; D* y) pL: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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' U/ d; J! L) V; v% Q( H3 v/ FM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.4 w, P: _8 j$ U7 |- D5 ?% r
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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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# u7 p5 }2 _' Z. t. c: ]% jM: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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( X% f( N9 a9 Z. O3 Z, g' e# YL: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?8 j$ z9 j  @- v* b% J

" F- F0 K! `5 P/ y9 w1 aM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!4 a; d( O) M+ `

" c  @* T6 g6 `" {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。% P8 F, V/ I$ {# s) r$ G6 ?

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