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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." |* e- J& o, n; ~0 \

! q* H/ m0 L4 k( EL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。( Y" ~* p$ s, S. O  M$ x; D; o

, z- ]. ]2 C0 v4 ~/ _- V+ SM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.3 \" O' i: o' F, D) T: R( ]

" e5 h6 e9 W! y. ~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?8 D; Y; R- F* R! ~! B
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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( q9 W( G5 S! `( h8 G, PL:(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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2 w8 h( ^. A& o# f! U& S( WM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.  m$ n: C: H6 V( i0 l

; _- e% U+ \1 H' P9 q, M! w3 a5 ^L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?6 d3 L5 |/ {# E) Y5 s/ V

& g2 O4 ?: s3 S( }M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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0 m$ h8 V1 X  q7 @3 D( x% WL: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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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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- v2 Z- i2 C, kM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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  z: V0 F) z6 R! B& k- v! pL: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。9 b# i( }) |( R
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M: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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4 u4 f9 b3 l0 Y) ~& }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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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。6 g( r8 V6 z* h! N; P) v8 ?

' L: _; U' K7 x, M$ x& h5 OM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.: E! Y. o9 \3 C* s

4 a' m  h0 r* A8 E; pL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?: _- U, }8 y. z8 z$ B4 Q

  [' c% r) u* A' t; LM:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.0 e- W/ Y  F9 E; ]1 g
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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?. ~* a- o- N4 G9 i0 [4 d& v
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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.2 ?4 ]; D* ?' Z
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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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  q7 u+ }- z! {  Z! w' O; X3 }L:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。" S1 Y9 z6 W' Z- G9 |' 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.! _) R6 l( M; z$ y# S- D' _* H

  _& B4 j; f& x" L' l# [2 @5 _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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0 i& i9 c1 i8 R4 q& [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.' l! U# l; l5 i% U/ a! ~# l

, v) m1 c& ?1 T' ?& p0 ?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?  t- r% W+ E. i8 F

( d1 w) _- Z: e/ d  |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。. S; @# y' }% x9 x& r# Q1 ]$ C

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