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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." \$ h; |2 W" Q( w& ]) ^- ^
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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" h+ V( I% }4 Z. G8 MM: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?
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M: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?
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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?
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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: v. S7 p+ N9 ]! Y7 G8 LL: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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. g, f5 h6 K  a' A( O7 Q  GM: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?: {8 B; ?0 M7 C/ z; O

" e! s$ Z4 C  |+ M  K6 WM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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0 ]; o* A9 s3 }8 zL: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.& W5 \7 h7 W/ P. d; m

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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip./ l8 q. Y2 m" w7 Q9 P  b0 X

- D: S6 A9 q: w% D% dL: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。8 o6 V" w  B/ Q+ X

2 C3 d" p" m6 Q3 s: u: W# T; K- ]7 I% D  @M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.4 a0 }4 J; c) D  S( r2 ]  y' Z5 @/ D
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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.
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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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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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4 t$ v5 m+ A( w! p6 S/ }( BL: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?" g2 S, O6 C) g# x

4 [5 {# o* T* S7 rL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。$ F# ~' L8 S( ?5 K, [2 z4 I
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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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2 K4 d* a% U! F2 G$ X8 g# @$ FM: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.: g: v) `& N- H, I
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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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6 l! p4 W; T1 S2 ^- h; VM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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; G4 b& A( W2 U  P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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