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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.5 t5 a; g/ j1 j# t
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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& @" k: x; V+ u- P, MM: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.
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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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6 c* B$ P! O* f4 g8 f1 {. O" cM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.6 }3 m4 B# J) t) p9 P" u+ m$ \) n

3 D! [# w+ L5 x2 j1 sL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?! Q6 T7 [* t# n3 b  K# U! m' L
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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) H9 U: m+ U$ P. P! O# ^; _2 NL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?; \" @6 Y  M' P# |1 [

7 d3 K1 {" }* ?# @8 p7 g, OM: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.7 h' s2 ^6 z' n
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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?9 U; ^$ i3 ^5 s8 A7 p
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.5 I& v& k9 I6 R( E. A- G. {
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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。" B' K7 \) h- z9 ~
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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!, e, `8 }2 D4 V4 E, i
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
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0 `; E" r; m/ o  U( _' X+ X5 ]  Y3 }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。
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, A0 d2 r# X' c% j, {M: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?
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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.! W, M. N* u& U/ E/ E& s/ U8 ^6 k
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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?, Q& ?8 m0 w# O/ L) I4 R& v( g

1 w0 X4 s& j; aM: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.6 j6 s0 T' G  U1 D! f" L1 X

- I2 H4 T' [2 w' 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?: e. ^! x7 l$ U3 X7 F0 b4 u

: K( s% B' d5 u- v! D% FM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?" g1 O* j# g" y5 ~

- U0 u7 Y& k$ j+ k9 C  VL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。4 Q; H2 q* Z8 z! {' X1 }3 I
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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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- ]3 m+ Q, }; ~. j5 nL: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.
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" Y  I) K3 J4 l$ S* L# q2 H% j; dL: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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' b6 N& `5 C6 f: r: b' K! WM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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* }1 H1 R" |# [: f9 W) k) ]3 S1 u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。8 W3 m0 l# _* s. ?7 c% b  e

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