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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。& g, f' D9 G: [" E6 U! M8 ?# z
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.# V/ j& W: v) e- @; ~0 r- f

+ ?/ K: K2 T# q/ J4 p9 KL: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 t; B. f! T8 x' w* j
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.: T5 o! r) ~) |& {

% I- {. o7 X; |/ C: w& wL:(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?# R( j/ c0 |1 M8 [* y
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep., M, [% [, t' t6 p0 s' m! b6 g0 K$ X0 J

0 `$ s  f- Q" s. k# xL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?* J8 @5 z5 X2 W/ O# E

5 b0 j4 n% C. a1 v+ v9 tM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.3 q  O+ [. v: O" w6 Q

# `- m# C7 m$ A" k  i+ R: y! WL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?) M/ q, C" k$ v0 M, r9 C0 G) Q
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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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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。8 {8 g6 j" Z! U

' ?2 V; P; ^. R" U# N4 O4 e$ g3 }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 S  k3 s+ d3 h7 ?L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!
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9 u2 D4 Y# _- bM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.+ d  D7 }3 O  X2 ^$ m* E, M0 J

1 L$ j2 I' w7 Y3 b2 C& i6 ^* gL: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。. q) y' A+ w$ A6 d) R
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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.2 Y  {: z. Z3 G# ]0 C% ~- D! a1 `

" ]. X, r0 g* i" A# k+ {) ^% i$ RL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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$ _  Q7 f: v( o, c8 _( CM: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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0 Y9 v- Y  P2 k% |% Y5 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?" i1 v$ T/ s, D& X

5 Z" Y) g- {# |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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/ o0 w0 N7 w( T# n, E9 u* ^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?; m8 k8 n" N/ r2 I& [+ b

/ P. R$ s2 A: @" }  t% }/ RL: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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M:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.' Y6 ^% E3 S3 c/ N; l; H. A
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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.
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- o# ~) J& J% n" Q6 Z  i# O$ s% {! |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?9 ]4 J. n7 {0 D  n  b7 v

( @" a) F. k. J$ |8 l) `0 zM: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。
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