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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.8 f, M' `4 V; Q/ r6 T, e/ a) e
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。& |; {5 t, ]( R3 R
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.4 h+ T# t1 b9 ?* T, I) T

2 K( h# }* R. J' V6 X$ YL: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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( a1 t" T3 R" v6 k! o1 [2 u1 AM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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1 ]3 f' ]* C- w, GL:(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.5 ?, G: d5 f& o  H# G3 Z1 f/ c  f
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?# W* S2 k& M$ b' C
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.; s+ J/ U$ k+ k! ^' O* P6 M# `
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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?# m1 B, y- Y( m( p8 q. O& {

- Y' r7 ?3 s  u$ G5 TM: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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1 t1 y$ r/ y/ C* S$ Q0 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?3 c8 }# L2 a. ~( m* |% X
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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。0 D- @* k0 h. g% O: _* f. A- U

& ?" S) W9 E2 W; M, X0 ?4 ]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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1 `2 s$ J8 D% q# @0 tL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!/ A* }- o9 X6 _: X0 h! Q/ 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。, f' c, V" c5 S) K- W3 d5 _
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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.( A5 J! Q+ [# A1 c" Q

  Z, J$ _) y/ R5 }$ Q+ W, m& xL: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.  r9 m, t# j* u( F2 ~
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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?
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! o8 h  n4 }4 e8 XM: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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9 T. U5 x5 p8 P' M# FL: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?/ a0 O: I) R# O6 Y8 s

2 |( C" s5 K) U& _1 PM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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3 N8 @" Q9 C* h% L) h1 K2 G8 ZL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。) l. T3 u( Y! u3 U8 E' z
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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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5 I. s) @6 O' k- _8 XL: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.+ G3 A/ Z' b3 j3 \6 s% X4 U- `+ Q: U; F

7 \6 s' G0 b0 V3 G: l+ d, l1 e! wM: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.$ O. l+ A% E) G! A9 A$ W) W
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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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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!# w& p. K" Y7 t2 F' z/ o# C" ?

* E/ O! v/ p( Z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。0 w* a* r' U; ~. ]
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