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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.0 u) D$ d( \, d( f/ Z  J0 n

0 o2 ]7 _# g1 Q" z7 K4 ?8 _L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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$ N8 h- `8 l. ^, |- ?M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.( f9 }& m0 m5 d

, I0 w2 _) Q# y- d0 ^# SL: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?+ M! H! i6 I( G% o0 F. k* Z

2 {  \- j* G' C! MM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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7 }" F6 x, z$ j- ^# s& vL:(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.1 N6 e& F! T7 s0 p8 \

* [4 z8 J8 s3 ~+ y% oL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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* I3 A) a! i( C2 ]+ LM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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0 P1 Q* [# A) F# D' HL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?! X- p: d0 c8 k. H6 p! `9 `2 R
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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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" H" E$ T2 I2 ^' P+ yM: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。
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4 [/ E6 W3 w1 S0 b* z, N0 ]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.( o0 E# g# U7 R" J1 D& R

/ G1 Q( k$ N9 O7 h+ Y% OL: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.9 k; F0 L& ~: E2 |1 p
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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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3 T% y9 u6 E& o6 D4 EM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
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" }1 O: j6 j% f6 f0 t6 vL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?; ~  G7 V5 R) D' j) o* F" A: ~
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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.) r- u% L( H. k
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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?$ d, I0 T. }  l4 }6 l
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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., s. k7 H$ T# y  X

$ O" C4 o6 G% A4 h  q4 t' tL: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?4 u3 r/ m0 v# @  g  I$ Q4 n
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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?) U9 b0 U$ S5 g1 W/ }' [
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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。
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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.; ^1 m# r+ o9 J6 I* S8 v

6 z8 {4 |: r6 W7 W8 B8 UL: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.6 g2 I( ^8 k* m% j& r! E- W
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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.0 t( V# C$ J' P* F: z( _9 L
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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?+ ?( l/ M! s) _
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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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