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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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9 w: u7 [" `& i( s1 f2 c# KL: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?
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.# q& w! b/ f. n' u

! E& A6 z$ \$ 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?5 R8 `, l, M3 g) i* s

+ e) P( k1 E+ f% E; ^M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.+ l! z9 v: O- v! [- V9 F6 u! n
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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- S5 f/ `: k" a5 aM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.; J& f$ ?5 U1 B
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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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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?& V+ p; Q. x3 p; {/ n: P" P3 k

$ `8 x1 ~0 V' w8 CM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.8 U+ H6 g+ z1 E7 w* 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。( n! `4 d; L( S- G
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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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) q' _' L7 D* Q0 {& M+ f; J1 N+ ML:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!5 U/ M3 K. T9 q3 u& {2 m
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.& m0 d; h8 @# p7 O$ a
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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。$ |* O1 W6 R: k( d2 R) y
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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.( y# g) e( g7 I% P7 r/ V& A
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?2 r+ F( S; l) @7 ^
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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.
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' [0 j3 `/ P2 E4 mL: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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6 B, o' @! s  {# w2 mM: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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( a8 P. `& M  W* ZL: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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( ]6 I/ O9 n! O$ G0 o8 k# LM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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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。1 V* E& L$ V0 b, d' d% ^8 D* S' J

, Y2 m2 A+ t. ?3 R2 j8 ~% m. Z( b8 ]M: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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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.8 G1 h0 ^: {  Q2 C/ h  O& ]! D+ Q
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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?( |. A  B8 R) B

- a' |5 f8 V. g; y- L- e% RM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!2 r2 s7 f5 V: O0 U/ d& J

/ ~: u; t- S- K: P6 R; N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。/ Z' @# v; Y+ l7 d

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