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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。- B; o" H% y- M' ~# L

: h$ @* D$ O3 M7 U# {7 U; 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?
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6 ?0 N) b1 D: I. JM: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?+ g+ M4 b- Z& l. C. ]' Z0 f

1 m8 V( x8 [8 s6 {M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.- ~' ^3 f9 T3 w$ l4 G" h
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?0 ^, K8 Z# z/ \5 E6 a3 ?5 Z
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.6 z5 F5 E5 i" K1 \4 y& G' r) [
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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?, [9 q. c, z3 q7 f7 K7 \, P' |3 _& V4 P

3 y5 C9 x# C& p" N' D/ U: ]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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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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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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8 ?6 [3 E9 j4 q9 H/ T0 U- L+ U, JL: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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. h5 K, I% \2 c& T# v, VM: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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9 [% J6 E2 z8 g9 pL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!
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5 Q" A1 b4 ?& ~: R* _8 w" R9 @% @M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
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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 M/ `' q* d  z2 lM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
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! |6 y8 [; O8 B/ AL: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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4 z/ N; b' O2 u' r- W+ a- PL: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?
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. s* Q  p$ I) p7 p* w5 iM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?4 g$ I* p( M9 v8 N0 C

* v3 C8 a* x0 t: TL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。& v# D% P0 J6 @% |8 }
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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.* v( t, k4 h" O3 R% z
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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.! A7 c) P* H& \! v8 I8 F
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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.; h% K# ]5 M5 c+ B8 F

; u6 l. d6 }& D! b9 q$ t. W7 GL: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!  M$ Z! L, N0 R( B  }/ W

- S$ N2 ?, ~5 A9 m: \$ [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。# _& J/ m' r7 ^: M" b+ f6 F! q- @# @9 A

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