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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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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。9 U- H: Z7 r8 u& H) b" k1 \

" ]3 ?, Z! b7 w1 FM: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?7 m- `! \5 G' Y" N
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.* H$ ^  Y% ~: J- q
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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?' u# h! x; Z9 }0 N7 e

* n# c( f7 X; O# v1 q% ?7 ZM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep." L9 C5 D+ m: e9 d
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?! o* r  P9 U* ~. D3 Q

7 T' @. |; @' M" {4 NM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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% P# u' ^# c9 L: M9 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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: c# f; e6 E! M/ h5 \: XM: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.  z& Q/ n; ]  s# Z- I
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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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' j& q8 [5 Q  e0 |2 w: a* wM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.# K( I6 u, q) @# a3 K
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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。6 i( N9 t7 ^6 R) J$ e
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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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; E/ r4 Z: S. r+ WL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!, m( a7 O4 t/ `8 J( N
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.4 k. [3 k. h# J, Q" F& O3 h' I, x6 W

9 D# E2 K  S, T' s% [, y3 C& s  ^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。! H1 D9 D4 g3 q9 X6 M3 G+ ~+ @0 U

: w! x; t5 j8 UM: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?) U* G, q6 f' M% c; I. R5 N
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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.6 [( r5 U2 x7 }: G& 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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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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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?( I7 A# ^. X  f, [5 I" H

. @$ p5 [) A  l% vM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?7 ^- X' Z. O6 U/ I" V" C  n

  `1 P$ E" i; a, ZL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。1 U+ Q9 O1 }4 N+ |
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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.& A+ u8 o, [) L
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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.5 m  K) D# ~# I
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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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5 c# ?- h8 U& k' M  x- x! o' D3 dM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!0 l3 d3 N! I, d* s

+ ~- }$ R" k1 v$ 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。
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