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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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/ p* Q* s+ E6 L4 k! xL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。4 h! _: q* u/ f! ~, H4 J) W
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.$ E% ?; a! q/ m1 h+ o; j+ n  a

+ N5 H5 X% C0 G" e: ?9 {6 x! _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 d* k' g6 t2 S* _. V4 q# _7 C

" {' ]7 D: y2 e# }M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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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?
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) |2 Z2 z) m0 x: g' pM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
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: A+ @! h+ k: k3 g/ HL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?: H) _! ]! p& L. ^0 v+ `

: }% P# i* [& e! G- I3 m8 @M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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+ C# {6 [3 P0 G. oL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?2 G* ]3 `" L9 `4 l, ?' ^, n
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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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+ j# ?1 a1 ^+ W' `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?% u6 V8 m$ W* ]. S( q

: k' {) @8 X; ~/ |M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.& G, d& c) {, c8 Z; i- |- m

) _5 G3 ~- [$ S5 V  D6 ]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。
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7 Y0 u4 x$ g: t/ j6 D; i; KM: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.) O+ x2 _# ^; G" ~

+ Y) `% k$ }; A: E0 }% E- ?  v6 vL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!0 G3 E4 V/ A' a* U! H
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.9 V4 J, T) {5 [/ O
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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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+ M& O% W6 s! K6 nM: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?: Y7 q, D- \. H

" g% B( S8 \- B9 N. t( {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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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?; y$ x$ \8 }, o( x* m2 d- u' X

, g& {( `3 @5 ]. p" iM: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?$ P; C# c" v* d1 t* j8 Z+ c3 q

7 ]1 @& ?( B6 [0 a/ ^) p' FM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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  C2 q' a  `5 s6 k& [. V9 {4 }- S4 D3 WL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。2 W8 ~& W  W5 I) F( V) T9 n0 c

# P3 ~* D) C( K/ C. ^0 e9 n/ q: pM: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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/ N/ c( H4 \4 p' O9 EL: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.3 d% M) ]  P, t4 w
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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 e$ p: ]) `% i8 Y

6 f; A0 {  j0 B! J+ e) \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( {, }- T+ i2 t$ {$ U

7 o7 M% W8 K2 X% n9 P- c4 e  I" p/ xM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!; R( v1 V+ K0 ?3 U6 P2 L

0 o' c$ ]5 L: p" ^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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