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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.7 }* t& J% _: M6 Q/ _
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。  u- f! }9 M7 _# Z
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M: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?3 w* z9 \" i* j/ N' P5 X* t

7 B5 ^* y* E  Y2 _+ e8 T9 mM: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?
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?2 B) H/ [! z( b
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M: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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( l$ ]5 n+ k8 G- iM: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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/ p- g$ X) L3 s, UM: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。, x0 `+ {' o  [+ n" |' B; O

, b  p5 M; s4 ]" y3 ZM: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.+ B1 `7 ~9 P' t. O
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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.
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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。) @$ e3 U' k5 k- E1 D$ Z, Q& d

- P# F6 m: V1 F  o- Y1 f4 M( {M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.7 ^( t1 K3 S/ E1 Q( t

( r- j/ ~$ W5 HL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?9 k* V$ a& I; I! h8 P% [% R' X
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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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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?% ^- |& K  u5 e) F, e

4 C0 x" \1 t3 D( ]% C: kM: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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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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0 W8 z7 ~1 c! vL: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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4 K: A  y; p6 Q2 uM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.. P! t5 h( {( R2 \! e* r
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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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4 |$ }+ u* |! R2 G1 I/ }) ~- W) PM: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." Y- O" j; {1 ~; v5 o1 F  C, d
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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?2 R* B2 ]6 g  u
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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。
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