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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.. t5 T6 t2 }! I: n

; W" ?+ s' I" C' E" G: F: x  Q- zL: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.
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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?; {: f5 c6 E! ]3 O; D$ j  M
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.' b9 u* f& T  @0 {+ O: d- m$ c

8 A0 E$ M$ G0 y/ |9 s% T/ @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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4 F- q* {2 T, u% U- QM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.4 o, f% w- l4 k& a) A
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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.  l9 D7 T0 s. h  y' 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?. l+ c& d( d+ j* E# \8 K" U

& C, z+ t" x1 z- dM: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.2 Z" l, m- |% E( l* M9 j9 }
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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?
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% _. b( D  _1 {- K' r0 rM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.) S; L" \& h( N* y, k

. y8 k2 h" N3 {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。
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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!
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.7 B  F. Z/ g4 ]4 f8 s, d
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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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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?$ m" t% t6 ^7 K4 V

  Q7 Q! O" _: _* e/ _6 ], ?/ g) o0 ^M:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy./ `0 L  P3 @  Y+ j. p4 x

3 H4 _' \" _) WL: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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$ h9 Q: R- P5 KL: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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7 H3 f' F) x2 g9 @M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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4 V! }( Z! A/ J5 B% E# O2 u2 vL: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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M:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion./ l+ [( n7 U1 R* e* c7 ^! U
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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.5 H$ u4 l8 {( @" z2 @1 A! _; W; x
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M: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?; m4 X4 R: B& D$ {  c$ a# y

$ E; u; o& D! VM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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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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