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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., f& Y# ^% S/ V
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。9 N% J+ x" R- y6 [6 |1 b# S6 L
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.9 Y3 j. L" i6 `' _3 h- ]* m2 |) G
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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?9 e9 c- j% e% {& A

( y: s: r6 u2 o2 i# `M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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7 g' Q; u  n1 x, F# OL:(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.
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" P! [/ \# w: P5 r' }L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?/ @$ K: K. O- p

; N) [$ a( K: Z$ ]4 n1 sM: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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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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  x2 o4 h9 Y$ o5 M$ v0 O* O4 sL: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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7 m7 v  b8 ?+ s% f9 x2 [& t) yM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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- c/ T; X1 b: C0 |& cL: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 d$ b$ w# E& O

2 ~! l" d* Y$ T* wM: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.
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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。- {5 P8 o6 e2 W$ S9 ?% J3 ?( R

6 G1 z: O0 }  d/ DM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
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1 ]8 V% ~1 N  k& C3 G6 F' Q% IL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?; P/ Z  L- ~/ `( k$ V

8 E7 @: ^. W7 j: I; 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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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?1 \* V, I- m6 ^5 V

/ ^/ d8 c+ G5 R1 L6 T1 i6 E0 {2 qM: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.! R8 n" v8 q1 t4 L

+ J+ B8 T7 ]" J. E+ u& iL: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?$ w; o4 L$ O. e+ Z/ s# d

4 |9 ]3 p9 l- `# I# q% m, O' p+ A/ cL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。
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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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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.: ~2 v3 q0 w6 [) Y1 i) r8 ]/ _8 n  l; `
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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?  R' d; y' l6 H+ k" W
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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!4 b0 z( ^. ~; N

4 W! L/ Z; R3 _/ g) I4 h) X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。3 Q6 h- J" P0 V# O! G
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