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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.( o5 A$ F4 M/ f3 S* ?5 l1 N: f
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。* I; @7 z4 y& j) V# T* q5 C1 }9 {# Q

& P! S6 r1 j4 u" yM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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3 V- r4 Z* i1 N. |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?7 T& ^' S  Z; n% {4 M- J: [

/ A5 N* r; h8 B; CM: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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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?: I+ p0 A: S& h, [6 n- v# U$ N' d

: b3 [/ x2 d0 Y3 MM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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5 ^" r. I8 `; h' UL: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.! c/ |* R$ L% h8 i* }" f* U8 g1 S

: ~* {6 k  O3 ^- }5 tL: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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  q. @* _: i4 @- \. Z0 X' jM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.; V' o# D3 Z! U9 ^7 D4 C

1 G+ L8 ^: Q2 u3 tL: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。  z: k4 |3 S  V$ K/ t$ {! \
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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.- @) W/ T0 H" o) O
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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.
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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; z$ x# D6 T9 u! T- R! EM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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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?( e* d: R- O! D4 E" b
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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.
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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?0 n( V  _( b: G, _' ^
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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?) L! w5 A$ ~( \6 S$ m' x3 g

/ j8 k$ ?$ V' s- z( b) NL: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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( y5 s# ^: L0 LL: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.$ W% y) G1 i( \+ R! L
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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?7 K; J/ A2 E7 y4 l. j; G

7 S" S% \0 I6 \; yM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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0 `2 _! O% ?# x/ C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。( B& ^: F% |3 q" c, T7 F! p0 Z. U" }
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