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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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: E+ W6 ^8 u9 J: l3 o3 F% d/ zL: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.) C7 x, u- l2 j+ ~# e2 r8 H

0 `, A6 n: S9 c3 i4 ML: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?* r3 S/ t+ {) t

6 V$ N4 |. h( S$ ~  \M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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% m  U5 C/ T& }9 S! hL:(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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5 o- U1 E! p0 m8 S, iM: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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$ p2 _) b  _0 G9 IM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.& m0 M9 F/ c8 f8 b) G
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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?" n- T1 U  u: V1 Z
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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.
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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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) ]- n! \% N- T" d, t) wM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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  `. G" v" Z& X8 {1 ~, U4 O. DL: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。- o2 M( S9 i. e+ n1 e9 ]* K. Q
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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!: i+ a% r) D; ]8 S3 d' f& q
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
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: ]% A% j. G$ n- {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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1 U  M7 P( o7 _- BM: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?' q2 @4 e1 Y! H) @1 w7 L1 E! q

# \0 v% V" h: m3 U* S, \M: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?% \3 ^7 Q6 T  J

: c, p$ {: A3 {' d3 f5 KM: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.! q: I6 X% q2 Y* p& O3 S
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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?
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$ L/ S( w9 ^9 v6 k' \M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?' a( P: u4 y* I* k: {- d

& f; C* ^, e. k* L2 p% ~  s4 \L:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。0 s$ A. k+ S1 T' ~; Y' t
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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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6 @; Y7 r: 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.
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& ~9 S! A$ T: A( }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 m/ Y# T" |6 k2 Z7 ]6 \
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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?. ]3 e% C1 N( s* M, [5 S' N0 {7 Y/ b

7 J/ v1 k6 h. [! m& [, ?4 XM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!3 F( D' y7 W' j7 ~: a- ?& V
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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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