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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.& k; k( A% x1 t; z' r* o6 z

, k+ p$ E! u, p" `4 h+ UL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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7 b7 w! b6 a! c5 a' H' G1 b* sM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.; u, Z. s. @; Q/ A3 \6 q% {$ R& W1 Y

) L  R% ]& t: w; i0 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?
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M: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/ X6 y6 k5 o0 S5 K  F, \M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.2 I" V8 a  q! A
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?! G0 k# i1 L# X0 d

7 s- H8 h* S0 y) y$ wM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.7 }8 y/ r$ D& ^+ p% S: V
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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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5 G* M% B5 `+ iL: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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, J% B3 ~6 ~/ n7 J- uM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.7 x2 U; |1 r- ?! F' B( Z! g% k) s# h. m

4 ~! S$ V3 y# q' mL: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。. X8 [3 R0 `) |

7 D6 i! P1 m! V' p+ bM: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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8 s$ Z  S  _& v; ~0 HL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!! }! k* K, h; H  r0 L
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
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: Q, Z* ^! r+ b7 P- v( D6 w' aL: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。' D) e2 T" V5 i
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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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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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% P' w7 |0 k( D7 L% o4 v$ `& wM:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.$ L) J" n$ j* {4 ~) ~& P8 W5 o

+ P1 i; B1 @3 @4 [% A: \. CL: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?+ K7 M) L2 W0 ^5 @0 X6 e% I0 d  }
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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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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?) f3 J; L+ a, F( G

8 W6 q3 s1 u) TM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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) r% D, O  S$ j0 Y0 T6 Z* 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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$ M, T# e5 I' A& z; u" `M:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.4 S9 f9 A) d& @% z  G

% Y" {/ V' h: D; }9 K; g2 KL: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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' a* D& W. B9 |. `& DM: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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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?
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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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0 Y8 W  K4 E. c. ]& w$ f* Y; s, A: d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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