埃德蒙顿华人社区-Edmonton China

 找回密码
 注册
查看: 4553|回复: 1

流行美语教程 Lesson 10: drained & wired

[复制链接]
鲜花(77) 鸡蛋(0)
发表于 2009-6-20 12:32 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
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.
& o' t8 c& n4 a3 u! K" o3 @/ q7 h
L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
/ D! @7 z  I; p
- E  ~0 `! B1 l* N8 Q. I! B5 A5 a- @M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.. J1 P+ Z; E! o1 _1 H; l$ U
0 o4 R3 E9 t; b* \) v
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?
& {. _0 t2 d- ~4 v# @; _
) f8 n8 ]# C" @2 I  K: aM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way." r1 c' T; f4 N& j3 h) b- S
5 m1 w( U  L6 `  `2 H: f
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?
+ j9 d) M. X$ p) t; H, x# K8 Q
7 h* A$ q( ]" B+ \3 N, k" rM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
  X! j0 ]8 S# b1 Q# h
% Q2 g9 |4 ~' oL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
' k; U5 @% L1 c( R/ N6 ?! ~
2 g3 \4 c3 B/ l, Q' UM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
( [* b( ?7 `4 H' J, Q+ b  l' z) b0 w' |: ~
L:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?; b/ [4 W& m) q6 t
8 C1 s# M4 j, a1 k# w# Y
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.4 I& @- x/ L% s8 S7 h, R  |7 r

: r4 J6 _' ]5 d3 b  z  Z: IL: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?
( H. s! p$ i/ N2 x& u% ]8 v. ~0 m* Z9 r0 n- H. K5 t, }$ r: e- a- W( }
M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
1 u' J% U, a" @; z9 P  F( y
# v& G0 }" E$ hL: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。
/ @" v8 e7 O( m2 J. k
: b& b: }9 y) Z4 d: hM: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.
: E" B" j( T. g: I0 K0 B
6 O' u# q, G; V9 x. mL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!/ u! I4 {9 t" X  R

0 S/ t$ j) s( }( TM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
/ v" ~$ z! j) h4 _
; n$ Y7 X( z3 c; _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。
8 B3 x+ _- J' ^4 s6 Q2 I3 o: {$ v5 ]' A  I. h
M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
8 M, H) D( q# x9 y: \7 p6 l& |8 t& h& ]% m
L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?7 p# Z% S/ @; k( k' R. [

3 w' L) E7 [0 [) h" Q% Q& B2 d. xM:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.
3 `- J  G+ }7 c# D/ {8 i
3 [/ |" t5 U  W% q+ Y6 qL: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?
6 T7 Z9 P! Q  ^1 @' y2 F
9 S9 x5 }. Z2 C0 L. [2 r! [M: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.8 {5 p# J3 E' E7 J: _/ W

' G; ?3 I8 r6 }+ [5 x/ |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?0 h( _3 r% J1 ]/ p5 F/ `  N+ j+ e
3 Z+ L6 k* v1 w8 H( D% i. p
M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?0 C; n1 W, l0 N. U. Y

3 V# j0 l) T$ S, B8 VL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。
( l) R, z2 `- a8 k. F. p: \' U: _3 P5 F* T% _5 x* A
M:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.
$ a$ _/ G0 B/ Q3 x; ]7 m' l  c" Q  ^# e- C0 P
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.
) h6 m' O  ?" I2 M9 X! i
8 ~0 y6 f: {; C$ ?, UM: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' a4 m$ f. z2 s! K5 c3 [1 l2 C* p) Y5 I
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?
; ~4 ~  M3 u$ F$ n, r; G% `! j5 ?: b
M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
: X' R9 R8 x$ D6 A# i" F) |
4 d) v+ |" L6 K" Z* `' N! C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。/ ]$ i: y$ l( W9 y/ b
. ~' A5 j  V0 X% g0 m
Audio as following:- t5 D/ }  l& N' O0 W8 d0 A* o



鲜花(1583) 鸡蛋(5)
发表于 2009-6-23 11:08 | 显示全部楼层
您需要登录后才可以回帖 登录 | 注册

本版积分规则

联系我们|小黑屋|手机版|Archiver|埃德蒙顿中文网

GMT-7, 2026-9-2 03:58 , Processed in 0.184093 second(s), 12 queries , Gzip On, APC On.

Powered by Discuz! X3.4

Copyright © 2001-2021, Tencent Cloud.

快速回复 返回顶部 返回列表