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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.
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! X6 Z0 }0 O5 V' w( W) FL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。- n+ F- L# V2 _" k8 V

% `' g& [7 g- ?' a8 B- d: bM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.: @5 p: y* k* i

1 O" I4 t' k: U# S. c: h/ p/ iL: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?$ @: G( h0 d8 v) x9 Y

% q$ U! m5 r  }7 lM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.. N8 Y4 a  s- {% s) L& r9 s

3 J+ Y. q; a( Y5 @4 D1 LL:(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.# C, l! U; f; W. ~3 m: e
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?8 H  @7 w0 p7 o/ T5 T' R2 c% U" y
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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?) d8 m3 Y! @3 P( \1 u
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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.6 U6 M9 \% `3 f5 E6 E0 X
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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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: ~3 e+ N' l( x1 @M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.( W/ ]! ~+ L; c* V8 s# g8 C

5 }8 Y0 |0 `/ O* Q; @% b% e+ vL: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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# s5 f" C7 \% l$ y4 w0 j1 r& _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.+ w' Y) t! \8 v: D1 n" L

# F' x. |5 w5 c. BL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!: A8 R# G6 z. C+ v8 R4 n1 \2 j/ x5 q, A
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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。3 e& v' o) `8 E! c" L. Y' H! T
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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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8 o  i" x/ N" z2 rM: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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, {0 o, [* `8 _, a6 A5 g; b9 q5 yL: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?, f9 f3 V" ?! U5 W; A6 ^

4 A6 x9 ^5 B# r3 z5 P1 j* T) o7 NM: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.+ L& U+ v' ^" h. ?) b
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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?- _5 _2 C& N- d1 Y

. B; n  O7 q3 `8 _5 ~+ G7 G8 T/ i2 OM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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* a! A4 ?+ C7 x! k- d- ?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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- g  P3 M' U. e6 U9 jM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.) k* N( F3 c, f0 m, N  D, O
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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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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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; u/ s  M3 V( B0 p2 HL: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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2 s# {/ Z2 h2 j4 cM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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. t$ X) a* }& [: B5 h- 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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