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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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; x/ o( ^% p7 C0 [+ s- p# ~1 m! qL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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  `) w1 p9 G8 I( I2 F: a1 r$ xM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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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.' T" I' v! Y) }8 k) A

0 i( F0 v  h( a! U1 I5 ZL:(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?- W) p6 s+ h$ B

$ T4 a0 _+ V5 S% m3 K6 n' \. bM: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?; Q6 U4 i& i* S# C# {

3 K2 }0 Z6 H, w9 `; m& NM: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.6 ?# i0 s8 \- n5 u+ n5 f& Z: s7 q) |

8 I; C7 L8 B5 x& pL: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?% `# F$ J8 |5 y' v; v2 T
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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4 l7 r" u# V# NL: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.
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!6 W/ L9 D/ }2 n, i3 r1 m2 T

4 t1 F  ~5 ?* _8 \- }+ oM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
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6 s  x, ~/ \' Q6 y$ |6 v: JL: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。, \7 E+ F5 L% o9 S1 z/ x$ h
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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.2 L# A4 J* B  m- b5 I2 D

5 M# W3 N0 c( jL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?, C, e$ Q- g; s' U) n' t, m) Q

( s+ t! z& ]8 O% CM:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.2 C& M8 V- f& g6 i/ K/ u1 C

: I! i$ P5 X: W( x  r) hL: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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7 n/ z' q- B4 t& Q5 W) e* r2 wM: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.- ^" @2 B3 y5 Z! y6 H

7 _. r% Q$ n6 @+ |1 lL: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?* b  S; N& n$ \) W' a" w
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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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' b# S, ?8 w3 ?* i! ~, V5 i& ~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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; ~* E: k7 F) D( U, Z( h$ QM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.) r* i$ I8 c$ W3 i: y0 V2 i! \( I8 s

( e! P$ C- G; L$ y3 E6 m, P) m0 qL: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.6 j( r6 t8 i) @+ i, t
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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?
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# r  c7 D4 U2 Z* R+ ?8 rM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!) o% I0 W% Y. f  k
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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。9 A! ?& ~  U  _! Y
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