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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.8 U4 o. p1 Y) p2 U3 B3 R
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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8 d9 Y4 J$ l3 r5 `7 W. a  oM: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., u9 f6 r" ?; u# O; D

2 h) g9 d* j# N7 ]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?
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.  [2 O$ e! X( U$ r4 V

. ?1 K1 C5 _7 GL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?" U) g& `- P9 ^  k( U6 z& X
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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" i- z# F, w7 F. D; V8 f. LL: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?7 ]/ G( m7 K& j  S) g, v7 D

( m5 F" l6 R8 [+ t! W' aM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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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。) r: H7 _( q# `

2 u8 t% E& H/ n. T- c6 n! ^" ~/ }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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L: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.9 H! J( W7 m. |7 ?# n

6 v) S* c" x! ]; j  GL: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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! }3 l1 j2 m  h" c/ M0 z8 xM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
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' M' m" y* F1 f# ]/ r* J' N6 fL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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" e2 D5 d2 B# S  a# MM: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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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?/ u# H8 m: ^1 C$ _9 o1 o- f5 ?8 p! b

5 C. ]7 J7 ?6 @; [0 OM: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./ Z8 x9 [0 N$ K# ^

' N( N2 [/ M$ p$ g" V: ^  GL: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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M: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。8 N* v3 E0 L: C0 |! c
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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.
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  ?, }8 C* Q( J6 c8 CL: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.) ^6 k& Y: Q) K/ q7 }# l. N- o) J

1 a& c' C2 L+ i2 j; a* ^( ]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.2 K' |# O6 y1 A! @" ]+ c

4 W& J4 u4 |+ @& rL: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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, R6 w* {" 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。  ^7 w9 D! t- j8 H4 @% E* v

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