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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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+ F1 Y. i& Q( l: I9 Z5 U0 K" cL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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" a3 a  b- n& `% \! e8 M/ |M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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8 ^( Q" D- n% i8 j. GL: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?2 U, o4 i4 S* N: r$ R% A/ i

0 z( b( s: i/ c3 g$ _* ?) i3 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?
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep./ v2 q$ w" s* F: h1 w$ B" r
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?& G/ O9 R& m' _7 o$ @" T
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted./ K4 q+ w3 I* C& e8 B: ]2 A
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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?( o, S  f! b" E" Z
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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.! q$ z6 I% f% e5 E7 G

( Z$ }$ k9 U; G7 XL: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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# l, j. \( s! L$ k7 \4 \) ^- TM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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5 t; k$ v1 S, D7 R# H( j+ \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。4 y! C: q- P& c0 u' u! C
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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.1 r& L  a2 C' n4 S3 J

) H! `% D+ n; `. nL: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.
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7 `1 W/ P6 A2 a/ uL: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 O; p+ H; X& v/ w' g' Q& n

3 ]" ^* B6 W! `; Y& ^M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
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( x" b# g5 R( J3 N! Z2 `8 i: OL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?5 i( A% W, E8 \  ^4 o( w5 r

7 p1 x$ ]: {" u+ |8 C% u5 B! C$ HM:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.5 M, d! e) h. `3 s
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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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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.5 w; m1 r3 L5 H- G5 t8 o9 w" b& U* k7 D

# X# D  l6 ?- c: C# w3 DL: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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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?; S& N) s. q; g' N$ P/ }: s

8 U* s+ j4 b) i9 ]L:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。6 z- R6 F, j$ S; 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.8 a/ B7 ~1 d3 k9 }! ?1 w

* T. Q5 W* |. R9 m+ P/ S" \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.
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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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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?2 j% u( r' n9 u$ v

+ a/ F; J% Y- UM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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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。
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