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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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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。+ G+ v$ E. r: h6 m% d3 E
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.( i0 q" z) M5 J' t1 S
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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?
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.$ |5 @0 g- |, Z# h: |* s: X

, h$ c: I3 Q6 |) KL:(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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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.' u( G% y" B5 J# L

+ e4 z# R6 g6 ^7 M) DL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?1 W$ y5 \; ^* Y/ J6 k

: o( m- i" Z- c' R. eM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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( y  l1 U9 B' k: j( yL: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.
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- L2 e2 q( c+ d% 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?: z* D; K6 P( ^9 i; Y
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.% o* n/ \: y4 }- Z% x- h9 X  ]
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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。3 I/ W7 N  A0 k  C+ \% C

9 i2 L( q4 }* r1 S5 w# M7 N9 {0 CM: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!: u* a7 V" N" k' S" o* H9 F

# N4 d# r' L8 K# Q1 \2 aM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.' V* e' ~2 \9 j/ t
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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。' K, p  d; N3 I  d

* A) n( j& n/ \  qM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.# |2 n7 {8 `6 S6 s3 z

7 q" w0 M( L- ]* [, d# a5 X  [  [L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?9 X, a( s$ u( C

0 I2 g: @- ~" Q* R# R* f8 PM: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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  R1 M4 ~# M  Z% N& _9 xL: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. _, @% c2 n6 q

5 t% W0 Z) J6 d* x! a  |. u9 rM: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.& h) s6 g& G, \' y$ Q8 Q5 {

' E7 k! a4 A0 BL: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?9 N. @0 `" D+ n) e
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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?% g& d' C' U( s+ |0 i

" v0 K2 T; y6 w" Z5 iL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。8 l7 ]3 j" F( g; b

. ^* U+ Q' V$ I$ FM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.& o; o3 s3 }! U+ \+ b$ J9 w
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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.& f# }/ {: l% v! v* O6 d% K
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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. Q. O" `2 r0 K3 a3 l# B% r  g8 ^M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!' z9 a( A  D! g3 o

/ z) a8 W8 K8 G# ?  J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 f) r7 v* H- D

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