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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.( D5 b: {* [* a) H2 n" s6 ?8 ~

& H. z; g) n8 N/ J: SL: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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0 k$ z  w6 o$ s% a! |# j; NL: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?
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.7 G; o4 e7 x# G% ~. d6 x
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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?# w6 c7 l& m) e9 k0 N

6 t: Y; U( R' \0 I# [' {/ ^# VM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.! C$ W( R+ |5 b( Y. u# ~

2 U1 _3 f( S# ^L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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( t) }( X) |; C) UM: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?1 p6 u+ S/ @! t% n
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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.# v6 c! U! b1 z, m, F! u) k5 j5 [
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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?# Y, I: D* z. ]9 X2 y1 V2 L8 D' i

0 Q0 b$ l; P' G* j0 r: _5 k' b$ DM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms./ M4 v1 i2 h  ^% g- V
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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。2 u- Y2 z$ \; \
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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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7 O! g  j: Z5 g8 `! C2 UL: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.0 P: a% b6 ^6 v) u$ S5 Q

/ j6 ^! C- }: RL: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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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.! N( G/ {0 Z2 d5 V
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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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?
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- j; p& Q' P. Y8 SM: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.0 z% q4 V4 a4 q+ D; I5 K

3 ~% e/ p4 F0 `" D' V7 h# yL: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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* i, X. _! w  U& _$ wM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?4 Q; j! L# l- {4 X
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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。  Q- v8 v: w3 \; l$ x
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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./ S6 Z* Q+ C. a* f

9 _: V" U  [$ \# n. o4 j9 PL: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.% b* o' s; p2 F$ R: m9 C
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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.
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5 ~8 H* M1 e  i9 P2 y1 C4 ^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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2 {' a9 z- _0 ?1 J" v/ B9 I6 pM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!6 U( v9 O& k, L" u% p0 Q- e

* U: K4 X. Z7 _: o8 {' d$ X* G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。; d' b' f9 Z' x5 ]9 n" Z7 \# B" N* @; S

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