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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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9 {/ j( I- B; o# w, v8 L2 lL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。2 M; {: k; ~1 l5 L2 m, `( p

1 ^/ E) i/ O/ j3 J1 oM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.; m; K3 V% o, q) V! K7 I
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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" X/ [* \1 {! }0 Z% p# ?* XM: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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7 v/ a. f$ b4 N  e, u- K$ DM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
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2 h8 K; q+ s! ]: a0 n5 YL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?  t; E# u- h6 ?/ A, I( a$ G9 J" d

2 b5 L% K# u6 p3 XM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.6 d* Y7 d4 D+ S: ?# p

7 s$ s1 M# B0 \  K  o9 Z8 c! g2 AL: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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1 N7 E2 ~& S: xM: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.+ d* M' p& x' _6 S$ l5 d" K# x

1 v- s* i; J9 a4 H7 vL: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?: R) |- I8 Z9 x* X2 C$ R

  Z/ D  \1 e  a4 g3 `, u; ?M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.% |. v( X2 ^0 M, t' Y0 \1 `

: {2 `& I, ]" [, Y0 V# `4 U# JL: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.: r9 v! _4 q: ^

+ k* z4 x0 {4 `7 M5 IL: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。8 Z& B# g7 @" z7 z' N4 v
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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
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2 x  g2 z* \; j. G/ k* I, }L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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( i! V$ ]  r- t$ EM: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?7 S3 R% f3 p5 I
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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.3 W+ M' w) V3 i- O

+ }2 J% c% t9 f' G& 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?" g# i- w' E! ^! X+ L( d  V
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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?" ^$ d( ]9 L' y! ~6 i* K6 f
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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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M:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.; q% \0 ]" p% I2 C& R
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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.
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1 Q- T" O9 X+ \; BM: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.4 b2 _- \6 o1 y9 @/ z. H( j

. n- c5 T9 a8 J7 LL: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?& U: c/ x. j! P8 K0 ^" a  \

. g/ ]! v* U- t% w! \M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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, }) `# t' [' Z8 W3 x& `+ S5 h% b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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