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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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# Z: G* V9 p- }L: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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- f' F# W) n$ s6 q: _2 C4 E% KL: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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% G4 \* L- E1 T9 v3 L6 U9 mM: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?) ~4 H- S) ~1 |2 y
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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' }& c! ]9 @- z  Z7 g. n& @/ mM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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: b, K9 |0 a6 N/ s3 SL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?! f+ }) l# U5 W4 ^9 W; b" t  a) T
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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.; }* o& C1 h  P, ?
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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?
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& w* B+ D# j6 O- c2 A. NM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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9 F7 n$ }4 O7 o7 v0 b1 }4 k. V  @0 x- cL: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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: F( J& E, S. p: S; [1 x3 R8 vM: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./ H1 \* Y/ j/ M8 \8 A" x

! }2 z# ]' w7 E, ZL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!4 z) m0 r/ ]$ K7 g
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.8 [& o$ Y' {0 H( f

. G+ o$ S0 u- u( p5 [2 z5 I4 DL: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.6 N7 @: v# J4 V/ |7 T
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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.% m3 G! _+ [9 [$ _3 }0 |6 n: u
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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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+ X0 r- q- W( ?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.
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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?- N2 v  Z/ ]/ C' X7 h+ q- Q$ }
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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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% ?8 Q5 x- U: W  w  f: [) w8 p) AL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。2 W; H/ b; w) j
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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.
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1 W7 R7 \7 a4 n1 A* m& J! N1 SL: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.5 w9 j# {# v# S4 I5 g) f+ Q
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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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+ Z( p( M2 ^- b" C% S) GL: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?. W& v, T( _" D* @+ d4 i6 K
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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!( [0 f1 k, B+ \  c- g0 r, u3 D
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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。4 B, ~  H9 b5 m# N9 u+ W% A

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