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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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L: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.
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# s0 n7 y: K7 {3 R$ {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?1 i- S/ x2 T) [( c; [( G9 q
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way., Q% Z$ O4 g6 l" S9 ~
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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?; _) s& @' P; q+ N+ _& P3 K& c

& k% |, W+ `' a& ?4 p( ]) RM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.! X% x0 R. P5 K( @' Q5 j9 g0 }: y% @
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?6 C: }! A! A# t" j7 o, O' l
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.& c" q# g9 N" M3 u) m. c+ Z0 X

* m1 K, K" x- 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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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?& l+ z& [/ g/ X& ^: N  M' Z
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.8 z# U5 ^" e. P
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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。
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, I+ N, R( `# IM: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.( T& j' p% F1 `
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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.
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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。. H/ ~# r1 G6 B
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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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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?8 M1 m) g6 P/ n6 `( y" Q0 T

/ S" A' ~8 i/ YM:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy./ u3 E+ H9 P& H/ }
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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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1 ~1 B$ m# V7 GM: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.: y5 I* P6 R' z1 d. ]3 `! k
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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?5 x* F% Z" g) d) p5 P6 N
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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?/ [8 m0 w" M- o% D- _! g. s. a# D5 `- O
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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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" |( ~* Q; s* o6 V! X. yM: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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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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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.2 `) B0 E9 A6 M

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7 }9 S4 N, m' `! ?5 `M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!0 ]7 N; Z9 ^  n1 K( k; T8 `
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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。& M$ L+ ~/ }  X  R
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