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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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  W6 ^/ K2 F/ S7 wL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time." S  \+ ]; g" ?0 T3 g5 G7 _
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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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4 }$ V! c8 Q; ]: ]8 X$ f8 QM: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?
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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( n( ]- O* j9 O. eL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?& I) r; ~( _- ^" R3 t( K" `) K

2 j( g# N0 A+ F  ]3 FM: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.; g2 g0 \- b) E) k
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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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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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. J: a' X4 m; Q' [0 q3 v& hL: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。- E7 N3 i, A& O3 a
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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." `0 K- }" u3 G! D5 G9 T
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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.8 s% Y1 H2 x4 g1 u5 ]1 ]# F! g
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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。8 |9 v  O& T8 e" W

1 W' P; U, J/ R' p) c- ]( PM: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?- y5 D6 T, C0 `1 W5 `
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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.* l& U, t7 ]9 l1 u, T0 x

( J& ], }$ S/ n" e/ jL: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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/ H: x4 I7 z" _2 P+ t" eM: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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0 A& V' Q  l& [3 wL: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?2 ]  s" t. L+ U, E! U, \2 j3 V- i
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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?" X% [3 h3 D& N! {4 g* D
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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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& A# x3 k! f. ~3 _M:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.4 `3 f! c$ c) y$ g5 y

9 D5 B9 N! k! D$ w3 }, DL: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.7 e% J2 r% u+ W% e9 B

1 |) w1 |4 j( bL: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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5 z, `# D: ~5 N1 Q( {& O: P* @8 k# kM: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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