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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.1 c3 `0 S! T: W4 n/ r5 A5 @4 P  J

+ ~; J4 `7 b- t+ Z) H) K8 X' XL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.7 r" `1 o4 s# j) a* a8 U- a

" _$ {8 R' g5 p4 RL: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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, z! ?3 z' i& k& w1 X* L+ HM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.* _. h$ F0 A- l0 {7 K4 n: {& ^# w' l
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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., H5 I% v% Q1 y. M. T& O- F
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?3 ]3 a+ Y4 o0 {0 \! w
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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( p+ Y" z: ~, n. W# 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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4 Y* u2 N. z1 {8 f1 W* J' z" |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?! c0 n8 g1 Y5 [

/ O8 C1 i! s: l, O) wM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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% j  {0 r; u3 D& d6 ~+ 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。" d( o( @( I3 b' E1 b9 K) z
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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.! i9 \0 n7 r% s) S) P3 z7 Q

0 K& W! a1 P: L' K/ B7 cL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!+ J, K1 {/ [" w1 O% S
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
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) p  ]4 L1 X' U4 D6 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。
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0 x  v7 H; W5 a. _3 TM: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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M:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.* w4 V. \( |, _) K6 D5 y7 m" ]

. }$ R5 l* A! |% ?( IL: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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# |, H$ \7 b2 L8 u6 IL: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?0 p1 R+ h2 G5 B& ~: {

5 ?  `  I) L, GM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?. z6 c( h$ u. U7 L' i
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L:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。% |2 V: `( B- \1 E3 Q

$ m* ~1 d+ U, e9 ^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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9 f" L: O) v$ |7 AL: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.! e% [$ N, A( q% T
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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.
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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!* z+ L  T: p' Q' ?" T

2 G& v9 B& @( @6 Q$ W$ F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。* \2 @$ R8 [, D8 ^

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