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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。% \& O* I1 k+ X

! c6 g9 J4 C3 nM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.5 g1 ~. f# M  E1 g/ R5 i: e

; L9 I9 x* B+ x' X7 eL: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.
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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?. L) ^, N( L" l

* o/ c  N. m9 E2 @8 A) V/ a6 NM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep., @# g1 @; B+ s
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?& Z5 ]5 e% C! T( I; R$ ^$ M+ }

5 C, ~) k' n" R8 KM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.0 u. d7 C0 U7 d3 j4 \

5 J$ N* }( A% q  i' RL: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./ G) S5 C3 J! f$ {! |' Q# z

8 }  e7 l+ z7 I4 ?: Q& h/ TL: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?4 ]+ K- i" p+ Z! O( I4 s+ X

0 o, w) f9 \1 {$ {! p1 q( fM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.7 q! g& @- r/ A5 v/ Q. O" x1 Y
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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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( N1 `9 h6 [- OM: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.( d0 n. [- |' z  S/ n4 N
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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.! {; A" _0 O* b8 j8 O

2 h7 n# y7 A7 A, k4 v' PL: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。' D8 v9 M' I: Z; w% h+ f/ w6 I
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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?
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9 Y! U6 c( V3 V7 E' N$ T3 l, eM:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy." K7 V7 Q# A1 I3 }

1 C$ d' X( c( K+ p. E' ~+ XL: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 h9 c% j' Y2 N6 v5 V& T0 w' e6 \  @) tM: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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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?3 @5 c9 Y0 O( @  |; Y  Y. a

& T$ w! i$ S0 B) |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。1 H9 X  I8 P2 F, C! O7 K" y# d
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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.1 Q" D2 h7 ^$ {$ \9 w

: y0 }- V5 H- ^4 U$ L8 B2 ZL: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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* J& t7 \1 C* J. k! D0 BM: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* w, [6 X- f% @3 z9 {2 M" M1 u
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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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4 B* s. I0 c& m" @8 {M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!) _# V$ `( S9 @; b- J
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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。+ S5 u- C0 L" H9 @

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