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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.( y+ Q+ I% i  M

( A  V7 Y- ?7 }% gL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。% }9 g" ^* o* \) O/ |+ E% g1 x0 l

1 Y* c: I: [+ y7 [+ m; t" wM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time." h6 S9 [3 C* D1 t0 G

* s4 t/ b: A* w6 [/ M: ]. _$ |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?0 n* ^$ t  e; D$ ~( z, n5 Z4 F& P  ?

! F( \6 \1 y# `6 R8 q0 ~: xM: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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5 U4 U( s3 M6 f  o% ^) uM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.7 H! t/ i4 ~2 t$ [! N8 W

7 W. B9 }9 S# M* b3 @L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?. X  I1 s  J* Y0 L, o4 L9 O. q
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.( o' o8 \4 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?6 G2 e) |  w3 G' v, U

, Y; i7 U7 {  w. 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.
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3 g! e, B6 k. s9 N0 hL: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.
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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。; `- ]' w7 c5 n7 n0 N# H/ s

5 M  G/ f$ I0 XM: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.5 v& D7 \: K8 J+ t( F* k( L
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!% f7 }! {/ Z' ?5 I; F9 _: Q
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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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  _. c. k% K5 g# eM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.- u5 |1 |" z. ]" l

' t& r& `, V1 pL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?' d, J6 p) G! [3 x' m: ]; Z

  Z7 z9 D7 T/ ~6 dM: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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6 Y  R5 z- y, t5 C! QL: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?. }0 w( X8 E* L( v. [

1 s$ q, x4 k# m/ @7 |) j8 {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.3 V% v  V% Y! S( W( s0 E

$ l3 E! F8 I: F+ g$ r8 p1 mL: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?
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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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7 h! k, c8 a! M: S, ^3 aM: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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5 ?5 c. f4 M: l$ G- H; m8 u6 UL: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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4 D' I, z- e2 sM: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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" K# A4 f% E7 X/ n0 @M: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。6 p8 K5 C0 B  {, {" f- _2 P
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