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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.5 `; F6 Z* t2 ^# \
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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, Z5 U# }* m3 W+ `M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.- Y1 f# i  M  l, I
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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?
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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. M4 w' D* N) H. ?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?0 C% o5 l* h7 C

7 c2 r! f: v9 V6 r3 I6 R& rM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
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2 D: r/ ^' t( e+ V, XL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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1 Y: ~' G( ^2 Q2 h" N$ |M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.* i1 L6 H5 R. ?

& ^9 Y( j3 t' k5 u% _; w$ v) s! zL: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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1 Q+ [0 N# L6 b- SM: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.' l; l, w. N- A# `  [9 {

6 X/ Q) r3 Y" n$ r( cL: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.: C  E# F# a; ^  e. Q* w6 V
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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。3 P( X4 h% v! O0 a

& X0 O4 \% ~! ]8 s6 j& Q' V- w1 kM: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.1 Q4 o- B% h6 _8 V
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!! x, h/ X; V1 B" l! s9 T& H  P
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.& n8 k- c5 I2 D1 C# c2 T' l0 \& 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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! Z$ K7 s, v: S9 fL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?$ K4 X& c# e6 J: h7 c3 B( M
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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.' T: @2 D2 a' e3 ~

& [- K* d& z: m; Z$ T7 DL: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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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.
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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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; S% `2 n/ J. _0 Z; NL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。' m2 N, V* N  d, M& t0 P
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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.
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/ r; [4 D- n. XM: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., B& ]4 o' Q1 I& C2 X

! l* m9 V) M2 Q  vL: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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1 D$ Q5 B; v6 C3 \5 Z4 Q3 zM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!" k5 |0 K3 c9 E

9 i0 n' e' u- N% R2 r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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