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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.6 y4 O+ u2 i' i, ~2 m4 S, H
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L: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.
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5 L* V0 k, j% 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?5 G/ O" b  E. B& W% }- a/ M; _

4 @3 M1 ^- p0 C% ~$ \4 x6 eM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.! H  [8 M+ p1 \) X7 y

1 e+ Y7 }8 _+ s9 RL:(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.& v( a7 }- i' M& A% G( P

$ s# t( R. ~0 l1 U2 i/ e! g8 a8 NL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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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?
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2 J4 V4 _7 P: [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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5 n* v/ M8 {! a6 \( p, sM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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+ x$ h% C) L0 u  e! h" TL: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。. W7 T' B0 B6 i& K7 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., P- C# t4 V8 F3 o: x- U5 z

( v1 A  O! T1 l9 G4 YL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!- x0 i+ W8 o1 X2 s! t0 j7 i' |

: J9 T4 D2 B, W3 y/ X% W+ x9 xM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip." k3 r, }, k- r
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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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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?; w, j* X9 x5 u/ @. K
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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.8 q4 T8 h! F0 c; [* t% G1 I3 \0 v
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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?
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+ L( p; U1 T+ I& [) Y( xM: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.+ [# I. z& C2 j: h0 s

$ |* y3 l6 x* Q1 t& g7 v; w8 nL: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?
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2 c- Z; I, R& k8 gM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?; }' u& Y4 r% B, c6 f2 o. H8 x2 N& y

4 L6 t! b% M) A0 j$ ~) VL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。$ t# |" O; i( n& a

1 `$ X. p9 `; L. [6 iM: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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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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2 u3 `3 j9 v. a. y( bM: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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4 Q2 o. r- q9 O3 s2 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?$ M8 @3 g  Q0 a' T$ Y
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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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' h% t- q6 p6 c. O% [; e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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