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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.: q4 z5 Q9 T& y2 T, E

( O! \. [9 I7 w4 oL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。' Q# |0 C1 u: s

* N+ r: Y$ h3 R6 p1 t2 zM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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! Q3 j5 ^, J: M1 k" DL: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 R( y1 C2 V$ d& U% \. h$ d/ E

' z- b  A' U; @3 E5 {4 qM: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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$ K) m, [3 [) U/ M- E: @M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.9 {' h$ Z( }% J9 d. {" |
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?  A+ S8 {8 |+ ^2 \

" g! P" Z$ E3 I0 @* `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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  ]: A; K. n8 d/ E; k9 t+ B- G% W# OM: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.6 @1 H  r7 Q$ C7 M4 ?
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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?; B! m- S- I* n7 [3 j

& L9 n& K/ _: l+ |3 wM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.# m: `% p* Z. r, C

5 k5 `2 v  v! A% o6 M7 iL: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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9 [  B( [! y. }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.) @6 ?6 b) h  W6 ^7 Q
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!1 Z  G) Y$ Y5 g, `3 i
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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。
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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
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( N- b+ J2 o! qL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?) ^0 }/ d% J& G  Y

5 {# g$ \, W3 ^0 R- o5 B2 h0 jM:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.7 f8 b! ?' S) s- b  v. v

, y/ b' O  f/ r( v: T* G# XL: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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2 Q/ I8 x1 I3 F+ E1 UL: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?; {3 ^' u! s: j% |" e. D8 }# ?

2 _8 v2 o; i  N7 w* L3 `M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?, ?3 R/ ^( }7 n" d7 c5 s

* A% \2 `! {. p$ k  `  o( Z/ Z  bL: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.
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% H7 p/ ?) l; ?. S% 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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9 \/ B9 ^+ l7 _! y' q$ X% jM: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.8 c! ^) E. F; ]  M

! [: o  l1 Z  L; X3 ^9 Q: V# UL: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?0 ?: e4 r4 C9 y4 ^$ l. A
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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!4 w, p; A6 Q1 T; x6 f* {  w( W
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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。) ^+ ^* W8 m4 C4 k# u

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