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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.) _; m3 `8 j% j* v) v) v# |' K+ J5 q
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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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L: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?  y3 B) h- _) k0 d2 [

- F! I0 i7 K( h  UM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.  E& A- H& K7 e

9 L2 D3 k9 u  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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9 w! E- D& B# XM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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) r  E& E( M- t6 E# NM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.9 J. Q$ J/ V8 a7 \! X6 j
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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?2 N) s- A/ Y$ n

; @7 c! x+ ]+ e7 \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., C5 u5 j) |, q& l9 B0 L
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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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& D8 u- z' w8 C5 E% KM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.* @( X9 M, I2 h: T

/ m- f1 q; X& N  W) hL: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。/ W! T+ d" g9 @1 C2 C* Q
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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.
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; n# X( `+ t2 |/ y# v) R( JL: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.* g2 V! {% @/ Y8 n
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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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6 q5 Y9 H8 S& M1 S# D. LM: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?6 U, [/ \& r9 G7 Y& S. E& r

' f& V* k; i8 iM: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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! ?! g+ I& m9 O3 vL: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?1 q# `+ f& `  O4 |5 Y0 q

: K8 j1 k$ n3 M# D3 }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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& u: \" l6 s8 m0 Q5 p2 K" ~5 l: VL: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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( B* I; k7 @, k1 L* BM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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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." P+ _& A, l) q7 a- {' M
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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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" q9 K/ D; @+ ~; b1 P5 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?
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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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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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