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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.  T& E* l+ Y! g2 b9 ~% X' k
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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- X4 ?) Q6 o( SM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.: o6 w& C" s: }" V6 ^2 F

. A0 \5 n# s& i" k% d5 G4 ]4 i1 {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?$ U3 T+ r6 P) r% e# {
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.: m; K* p2 U+ U

) y! V8 L1 }% @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.- _3 p$ l. n3 O( D. q* n- D2 E

$ K2 v/ H* t. `* o0 S9 QL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?  L3 `, X* \5 U" L4 x8 W, ^: ~
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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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?  U; u$ Y- \6 C& t3 r

4 C8 [) {5 Z7 M$ e: l# uM: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.; @9 E  M% `1 x! p# e. e

. Q  q9 `/ ~" T9 V2 ?3 zL: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?7 @) W6 s; H  Y/ X- a' r) x
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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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。1 Q, F+ ?3 S+ E5 m3 ~# M
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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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4 r8 P* [; _/ v9 {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 y& ]( Q. Z# t% p$ a5 `- iL: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 ?5 J( F% B; ]7 n- @
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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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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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% |- d4 L& n3 j! a( R) c% TM: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?$ V2 `: k, e9 O& n2 R% C7 [

: {6 b. x$ b1 ~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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" k' U# ?5 W) \* {$ `; FM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?  s! {2 x3 d1 w$ F6 {$ z, s2 V

' c& J2 _5 C6 \2 h! K5 E8 v  jL: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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9 X; W# P: T' M3 ~( }" FM: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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1 a1 c0 X5 `! u; W+ y: 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./ W, z: Y0 D: y2 b4 j: I

: x) n0 t) k" W7 \5 r' r  qL: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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$ R% d+ P8 r, U  K5 t' }9 cM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!7 Q2 Y: a7 i; q) ~% `' f! ?

8 A2 I" Z' h3 O0 h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。' a4 k; z5 A- {" O! C  h5 j# B
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