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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." f7 H0 o8 T# E- ~: M

* P* Z- k, f& R& G* S4 s% M( ML:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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# T! }* C$ t; l! cM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.# L% t9 F/ ~+ \7 x$ p* {
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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?; J4 P! r9 v2 M; f/ g. }4 Z

6 j5 G$ c; a$ a9 W% u' |, iM: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?; e( w5 _, m" r  ?5 p: f

. M1 u, _9 S" J1 W* [M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.3 B2 D1 W; t. d

. O& s4 w& K, @9 N. z& U% ZL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?# A9 y1 W% C- V/ e) |& O2 U; E9 t
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.+ Q6 p1 M4 H* l. d- X/ H) l
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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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8 c, a7 Y/ w9 D- v  S$ y: o4 [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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& s, S8 }/ j0 B' @: W/ CM: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。, n( J4 @  h9 {6 }2 E

8 ?9 @  ]6 I$ f% p2 h! HM: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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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.% ]0 {- p: h2 K% x( H: d  H! z
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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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( C% O3 Y. p1 q, n$ `. a3 hM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
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& k# P, t2 u! S% FL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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1 \2 D( u1 O5 l+ ?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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L: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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# Q; m( ]5 z% G/ w0 Y1 @+ HM: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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4 t' g3 A5 l; f% g8 ^; V. ^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?/ M, I, \6 C% c4 s

0 O+ E9 ~& C7 I, O: D% iL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。
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! G. D$ l$ x- JM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.7 q% ^6 p" N4 [* ^

* p% W3 f* ]8 F) i2 l. A" 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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& @( b) e  `0 P, R2 RM: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.
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. _3 S& p7 M2 K# KL: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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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。* m, V8 F  x# I5 G
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