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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( p( I) W) ^2 G5 d3 eL: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.8 {2 i" g8 e+ N% |; r1 {0 }/ F

+ ~" D7 @. t7 YL: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?% G% x6 `% ~2 K# B: d. w  N

; F5 }5 j3 H& p( A% Z3 w: g# P: s3 EM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.6 P' \, j8 e" J
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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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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep., a; E! l. \, n: m2 Q

, x: ~" i  p  m; p- lL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted./ e4 m+ R+ `8 [  ^  [# j6 q
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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 S, ^  Y) O8 M7 J* n

4 [$ n$ A+ F, H$ ^0 }9 t  |' F' O$ j9 e, ^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?: X  ~# V2 q- ^' ~4 o; K* Q% A( |
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.# b' R! a" G4 D2 v* x8 u
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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。  f; v( X0 u1 k1 R. B* r. S& z

0 w2 Q" \' w+ s8 bM: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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5 u- O% |( y$ D1 D; n  b1 gL: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.1 y1 t: S9 X3 }* r9 T; {2 y

6 ]- Z& b9 k* |  h9 w9 FL: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。0 H, T, j+ K2 o" ~/ E

9 }5 B8 w3 `+ K, zM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.  x" K) k. [$ c8 H' a
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?9 |% E6 W- m/ M% J5 [

% q/ k- X% F5 T+ A$ N6 RM: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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3 s2 A6 K) w  l/ EM: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.
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  F! O/ Q0 {' KL: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?2 R3 \2 P3 u( g5 g! e
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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?0 G1 Q! n4 }1 Y7 r5 S
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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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) a0 q/ l2 k& S! w" LM: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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, D9 X) O- G- b$ j. ML: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.4 W; w, c# Z# u) @  i8 ^1 H
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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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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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: B/ G7 U9 `% E0 o4 C& s( t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。' A. l* c5 _* Z: W1 m
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