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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.6 u7 [) r- f9 \: @2 |
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L: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.: n1 u+ L* M. q) g7 x) C& L' x3 O

/ v* n3 Z9 O, wL: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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, w& f0 M" w1 |( ?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?5 C; F/ ]! H- K9 T: j; V! b
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.8 p: |% \% r' D- ~9 d8 {9 T
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?% S6 ~1 B& d+ j, z  k& G

: X$ u- k7 v- I) ZM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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% G* R0 X6 _3 P- I$ q2 Y) N) ZL: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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2 v0 G9 ]  `( v+ iM: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.- `0 {9 e5 D( o! ^5 c6 t' ]

' C  e8 O% E7 b+ vL: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 O3 ~' q2 e  `) p' q% m

. v7 Y" B  I9 d. E3 MM: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。
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* g+ H0 s$ l, a& AM: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., L. [& S! S/ Q' g9 y- S
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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.& l- T( a/ j( b8 C) w; N. L. b  _

* A) P4 b7 g* I3 L$ b2 X8 ZL: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。) c* ?, _. m0 {- B2 I! m

" f7 K% `( p) \& j$ [2 I) eM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
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$ L4 I& }& s2 n, L" ]! RL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?# g/ G. W3 k7 @% K2 y+ c, N% X8 t

: k6 z/ G! N* u* J0 J- y0 IM: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?. r) ?% y) j1 D9 |
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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., W, }/ F/ |; C
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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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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?# R; g0 r  Y) u5 F4 [5 J
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L: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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3 ~: O( W1 n8 t" V. AM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.: X9 W6 ~% O& {$ K! C, E* Y( s6 v$ j0 E' f

0 I1 g$ m, v9 x. O) ?% L" t0 OL: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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; K! y0 x( d3 WM: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?
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7 [( |0 _6 T* m; Z- yM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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1 c. u. v$ E) T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。# @2 _# J8 U" j, r$ D% l# n

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