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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.1 A+ U6 w! F1 j# A  K, F3 l9 m

3 I$ L- Y( {: h, mL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。: \7 O: A0 W& k6 J: c
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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.
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( w& O5 o4 }" ~2 N# g* iL:(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.; G% S5 {$ T& N/ t; m( A. f6 k" {8 _

; P1 H% X1 r* J+ ~6 SL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?' F' R* M1 H" O3 m1 T) _

$ \& t( i' T3 y* k- gM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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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?
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, S- o* ^# K! K# y, H( N2 VM: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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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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: }1 k/ D. Y- n, {) tM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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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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8 w* e& E( p( v$ `5 ?, c  e) U: uM: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.
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# A* s4 K8 m! d- [L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!: a: E( x; \0 N/ v  V

5 h+ r  g, `; U5 I4 b/ sM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.; @/ `: X) m/ p, P3 O
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L: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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5 \* c$ V+ m% e. y/ V% mM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.3 u9 d* c7 f/ [' E5 n
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?* M$ c+ C2 [. Y
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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.
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* O* n% S7 Z6 ]9 kL: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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# R+ v! N$ j9 _) x; U- a7 yM: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.( b4 y  x; a2 m( U- e& U
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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?
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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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9 P% L  V) R" i: e$ {L:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。" f4 a+ x% M7 Q/ z( a
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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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2 u' a, a% v' C) k  w3 y0 [! CL: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., t8 F9 y1 }& c4 N8 W1 x5 P, _8 E
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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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2 R: @5 J: u' d: b/ Q8 F( H# tM: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。6 \- Z& h4 Q+ n, j2 e
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