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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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1 R; \3 Z0 D- {L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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+ n" d' S! [4 H; a2 {9 BM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.$ e1 ^  M- _3 p5 e- \% ^( h
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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?$ F6 y& Y: f+ a% u7 q4 @* @7 c- a
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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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3 p. b' O6 z* Z$ OM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
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! U% n* c3 U6 `. Q0 ?* aL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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" J# w! H! N8 p( D) V9 `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?
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M: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. `# W: Q! g2 _1 T

* w' O0 \  \5 S- FL: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.2 Y7 ]0 d/ c8 t) b# Q' T1 I9 c. L

% s! \  Q1 G9 SL: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./ q- }1 U+ ?8 g
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!! y* Y3 E' B; R% d
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip." b' C0 G/ p6 B. E
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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。8 n. U. k3 F3 p5 K! `

4 X& _5 A" u; N' q& \6 Q3 k4 m# Z* ^M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are., h  c( z7 n% u$ }
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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3 u& o. Y2 [9 h1 T* g, 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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# M! O( J0 f6 D( H8 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.0 S' S( u' O1 a( E* X
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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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- U/ h. `8 e, b  ?5 lM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?/ k/ Q( X# h: S! @

8 ~( s8 f7 P$ g7 H4 ]/ [0 }' GL: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.
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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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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?) ~. U& [+ J5 N! T8 c# i

7 \6 o4 r4 @7 u' {, F) A- b( ?6 oM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!4 d6 B7 U; M3 e% [! Z8 X: A

, b& J% }( d! e0 S! w& |5 [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。! H) Q, Q" i( p! Z  p$ v
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