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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。
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  `  ?4 E/ |$ @+ j- m% D9 i0 iM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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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?& z) y. V% G4 Z$ ]( e; o
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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$ L; j1 {  E5 b9 Q7 mL:(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.: h( {0 x! F8 o2 d; ^

: A9 c3 ?& d7 D! V4 k% ZL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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' [4 ?2 e8 s& y: J% N9 iM: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.
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3 c1 `- B: z3 K0 o  S  e3 NL: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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8 E% `5 J( D  d1 u% M- A1 x9 gM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.6 D5 L% h* t" ^$ Q$ C

% P" d4 e+ ]2 A( M+ W/ r4 s+ |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。+ d( ^- T" M4 S# E- R8 T2 ?5 m

' }1 s0 e1 t1 W( T: d" eM: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.  H9 h) Z% e( \0 E: Z3 H) B6 g6 I! }

8 C3 w4 e% X& _, q) yL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!( j1 d% A; w7 X8 [) g

0 {( z: q2 j, f3 r3 A) T3 ~M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.& I5 p+ N) c; U$ y" z

' ~. M, t. Z: e. L$ n% G1 d0 H6 GL: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.' [( J0 C5 x: G0 |0 n4 d
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?+ @  O' t, Q. c  C  o

  K* {' Q6 [, L" Q+ z1 X. _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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8 b8 X) Y8 X$ j* M/ f, I9 X( VL: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.
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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?4 P! h( r2 Z& ]! W! [
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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?1 \; m1 F' b% j! L3 _

) z" ~1 T+ J* w* VL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。. {, U& d3 q5 m" @3 C# x2 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.7 e& K; j4 l; a- f% v& \; u+ v

$ Y7 L1 X3 G. bL: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; c$ M1 r5 U% F, _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.- H9 `) [* _5 J

( B7 [) l' o1 `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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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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6 h6 K' A0 V) J" ^+ G6 z3 P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。6 \& ?0 g! ]8 R8 m# b3 E8 ]

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