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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.' c9 W0 l1 ~& q; s" F
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。0 I3 D1 S4 p: @- G$ w) `- e$ Y
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.+ N% R5 ?1 Q9 U) B

  m5 h! W$ V# L/ u* U6 N8 V* h# WL: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?, W0 {- c9 K; ?8 e

+ d# G2 l% J7 R/ JM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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2 o! c( {4 b& }% f* G7 Q2 ~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?* c: M# _( F0 R
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.1 m3 I# g2 @8 A, C" v% ?9 b9 Z9 U

; {  d7 L% f$ M+ t( EL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?/ I2 N3 S$ d  r' f. W5 M
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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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?5 ~4 m3 K5 m; U9 f! v. Y. x( o

$ d" }1 F3 ?4 TM: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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) n% b. G+ F* H& P# p3 P% y! zL: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?2 @$ y4 X4 f; `9 X

/ M* w) G$ W9 ?! j4 cM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.; f( }/ r5 d, l. I9 Z4 ?

/ q& d0 G0 P4 D4 w! ?" O+ vL: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。) G! ~- u. J* K2 Z7 w

/ O- x0 {" P; {8 O1 W6 M3 ~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!
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( n6 W! D9 w8 x8 CM: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。
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- P$ k& p0 M' e( t: G" @* e& Y; WM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.3 g, q# M% t# t
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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6 |6 o2 m9 M7 M* ]$ n: L+ zM: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?
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6 C( ^( J0 M' f4 X7 cM: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.. V) p+ Y& V% N% l

/ C( w$ I' C2 B& B5 A! |0 x8 g# h! oL: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?" g1 ]: o; i" D/ m9 F
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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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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。- N3 `" s2 F1 Y# D6 T# ?% W) z

3 u- C0 B# T3 g+ uM: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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' m, W( U3 Q# ^# XL: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.+ ~% Q2 p/ O1 `, `, W# s2 b

" ?! S+ |- _: h# C# r# k5 XM: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.# j" n, R9 x. P  x3 t
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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?
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# W, B; D+ T% L3 zM: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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