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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.* P/ w& c- K- ]3 n  M
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.3 T" W: Z" J2 b9 l2 {& t& B: |$ ^' E( S
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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?- O1 N% o9 a7 X& \( t, S. ^7 ~
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.0 L7 |' @, p; P* G- J

' c  U% `/ ?. b; e+ tL:(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?3 w- n! h- ^9 E) G* ?+ d
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.  X6 m" j0 c7 W. k( f6 D
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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2 s2 r* |# {/ B1 WM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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) g: P9 }/ w) t) `L:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?: T% H4 }% y2 l6 Z% K: v; @" G
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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.# \% c- V9 [' c3 t

* g! Z- f* t9 }7 P) J$ G+ x) H% X! iL: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?% |( v% u7 l0 t" y1 b3 |" N

5 T! P: @) _. G, L, J: gM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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/ q* y! P6 b* u2 q; AL: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.
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3 r! U3 ~- V( U7 ]( C9 ^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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4 l# B" c8 V4 D& U( QL: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。# a% s) p) c3 K& _

/ v  p4 G, E' Z- i  S9 D, H9 aM: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?
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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.( l; z8 m# t: I9 \9 k; Q

* ]: ]% t( k8 s0 P+ {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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; E, [6 O9 x& w, E' y' NM: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.8 m: J8 `" o# \; n
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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?  ]' D+ ^# e9 w# \# K" K0 M2 p/ k

2 l3 X! X& E" u: l4 I2 kM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?3 [2 ^. k+ ?  D) [

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$ Y+ y. q5 U7 P/ KM: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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! D8 z7 X+ M" y/ ZL: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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  X! a+ o9 q$ f$ yM: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?- N1 W+ v  J/ i. b
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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!% q9 r% K& Q" k9 j& \

) E+ a% m2 B9 w* W! v( q1 F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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