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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。7 v6 }' D, f8 N2 S7 O* O% {
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time." a% g& e5 h. \
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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.
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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.# `+ {: G0 ]5 M  t
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?3 S- ?! A; V5 [) u

( R$ l, H9 j7 i* TM: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.+ u) q0 Y# [+ l$ e- s$ @
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L: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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8 t* O1 u6 i  L0 OM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.' |4 D# D8 S- U7 s% r, B
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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。0 v* s, u, J; ~4 `( ~0 ]7 @; T

7 m) O- k/ ?6 \2 r* B. RM: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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1 F! g7 y% ~2 E7 t) z, k2 ^L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!
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; b$ `- w$ H! IM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
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$ H9 H" D* z8 m4 j: t& pL: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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2 k* S9 l: z/ o9 E+ r" H) nM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.3 U/ z/ `$ M0 A/ f% c9 A* t7 R

- H( K0 h1 N6 m3 u$ G$ y* QL: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.% d4 Z- d. V+ |; ]8 @

( B! F+ t) S( k# cL: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?, k8 s- \4 E! @) }+ S

8 f7 b8 i6 _: ?1 Q, ]  _2 V3 cM: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?" E9 f# A/ H4 _0 i6 Z# t- P1 q

# L4 b+ q6 T* o. k. s/ m4 {8 r- ~M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?2 x5 O6 @$ N5 J4 E

/ k7 l/ v. `7 A  ]& c3 c5 |  SL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。0 Z# u* E) m4 S9 @( x! }
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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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( |/ ~( u" W' X* `8 A' _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.3 R3 U9 h. ^! p- K- T

- @' C2 a% r3 ]6 I0 l! Q/ iM: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?2 S8 _1 p: H1 p

& h; G3 R; a! ]5 l( a4 b5 X# MM: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。
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