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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.
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) p& t' A# P" P, a4 }: k, xL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。- Q+ K" r5 q( N# M4 B# N

# ^. z9 u! y, FM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.5 n3 r5 ^9 V, [: \# D) M

4 S4 u3 Z' k3 q+ Q. j, m, fL: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?2 {9 g# d1 k  A7 M& c

* E* o# c7 ]  ?, U* S' D. aM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.& ?/ V- ~- G6 M* @# d) x8 t6 V0 V

) Z( [; n0 M! 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?4 i, ]3 h* q" f. C. G

; M& l2 {; N$ w2 u! \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?# T" y& P! Z4 d8 O  [  x- }! l

( r" E4 b. u% j  KM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.. {$ s& D4 |6 V+ \
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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?$ j: b+ _- `: k  a# P

' D7 o' J- g4 z: f$ t. T' NM: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.* E1 d3 a! M8 f3 R7 \8 i

  D: m7 D* D4 ?  n4 S7 OL: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?9 Z7 N: c, K4 E
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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2 P& A) N8 m$ w+ w  XL: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。  Q! @( h* V6 l3 F* W
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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.$ q2 Y) G; d6 o3 X8 }  t

- _) b: e. s5 kL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!0 o; Y/ U: H" o4 N6 t+ Q) q; p
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
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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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* T, e( R2 v$ ZM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
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5 _3 y" O0 G5 x* v7 y, IL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?4 ]( u4 `* e! d5 C. F2 e

$ W2 @4 E1 s: T" h: T! `1 ~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?& O  P6 P  {# p* @+ `. k

7 H$ j- k; u3 ?6 u: L7 {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?) Z8 c. o% a+ s3 v+ U$ u3 }& U+ v
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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?' W3 U9 C1 r( U# b* D7 e$ C3 u! J

8 L7 i  ^5 H$ i. Y8 O6 KL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。1 C9 _" K/ L2 O& D3 R. _

- q6 {1 x9 }# kM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.( A/ g; D8 I* V! _! l3 G

# B7 A" h& f+ a7 p: p  x3 yL: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.9 w) R1 j5 ?0 f4 e. O
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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.7 ]7 q' x. i# u( ]
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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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! `$ }4 W+ s8 o9 g7 tM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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/ O* Y+ ]) r6 x) F+ N/ U/ Z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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