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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.5 t, x1 x0 {1 N- @" I) t1 K+ W

* Z; T8 p  a# `8 k* i5 n* VL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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, D; a- R! a$ Y0 J6 ]/ _M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.3 `5 t$ W2 D+ {& w% p0 D

5 v2 x( [/ S) `5 d0 U# v2 s3 TL: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?0 }" }: K+ I, g
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.7 P: S9 b' s" B2 ~( A

% ]3 a/ j# Y+ b4 }% m1 g7 RL:(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?* v2 I  f6 S6 ~

; H& H0 @' f- p" d  I# bM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.: o6 b1 t. k1 c, ?( q
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?% ?8 Y: c! t) P3 n% @6 B* x) i

  A* m: X! ?( Y& QM: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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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.
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* b; ~! n( ~6 @8 ^- y% ]) B1 p7 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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M: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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% C% ]0 n7 K# P" 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.8 y- j/ _3 ?# Q" s% u/ ]
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!3 H+ U4 {3 m) f; t) r# S

4 p0 U) s+ X: [- xM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.1 \" C7 |% ^. O' l3 b
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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。( e) e% m; p8 y5 U% ^! r4 P
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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are./ [$ f, c5 T4 A1 y5 p4 v
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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.
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9 {: [% y8 r; T0 dL: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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* C) R2 k* j# x/ A; b/ i. S  n+ fL: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?1 F4 P* E. p( y' o/ m, V6 _
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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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L:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。- B4 ^& a1 l' p: }6 q% M

: I0 o' \% v, W/ `: }2 {- P6 xM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.( P# z- O/ ]/ t8 j7 X

$ m& \2 E% c4 T7 ML: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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2 d& q9 L3 {* k$ ^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.( V3 T6 I8 Q& ~" O9 ]; I6 I- c* S
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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?5 A' S& ]- ?& [: E) s
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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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/ K6 p( U, g; W& t2 c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。0 T+ E1 _$ d) d* G

/ O2 Y9 Y- ?4 k9 M) e" Y8 t3 HAudio as following:
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