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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- g2 H: q9 [* b; U+ j) zL: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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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?
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.6 [0 a, K" n3 }( i  F( J
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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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# v7 c! Z+ \& k) `4 dM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
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8 y% W6 e' c' ]- TL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?2 w  t5 w5 C, F% b* }

* q" Y( g+ {0 [$ c  Q7 ^M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.9 v) I( X5 I" T4 M

: W( Z: d( w+ Y1 E" @& M6 nL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?' o2 t% Z: k. }

9 d7 H% h, D8 DM: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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( m! R$ N0 B% X' mL: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?7 m  P0 L, u2 Z. i3 W

. Y- ]: w5 ?/ u% z6 `9 TM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.- z- N" i2 ^- X3 Y* `

0 n: A( o8 ]3 U3 V+ YL: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。- i  q  N3 a; T9 I& e0 \, W$ t' u

/ P3 @" X8 _! q' TM: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.& C4 _0 e- B" C$ H8 S- h0 k0 y
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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.
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& W+ Y4 C8 L$ Z, ~$ ^9 hL: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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, u" `: F' [& q8 H6 \8 FM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.7 W/ y* r! [* T
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?) G3 i7 ]4 E3 g
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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.- k8 h# W( p7 C7 }& k; c

3 [. U0 L" y9 R* d# H- 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?' c- E8 o4 q  o2 [) _7 v

& L! ]. U& I: }& P3 P, M: f. P! ?0 vM: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.3 [  q& G2 X# ^- |( N& E; O
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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?/ O8 J( N4 {" F# g6 S

/ S7 P7 W2 H0 t: |2 fM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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4 {  l* g& i* ?L:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。# {( ^/ @/ d3 z) U7 b4 |

( E3 \9 T4 Z# {; e7 d$ Y# a/ wM: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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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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7 m0 y7 Q/ ~6 m  ~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.( a" J/ N6 y( k! z

; k" A& E+ F" u1 SL: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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  W4 t! s0 [$ g4 ]5 XM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!; p: _* A( t+ U& Z& x' H
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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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