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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。, w; ~- z- q* q9 O" B( b- Z  @

1 }2 Y- g& i! Y+ S8 AM: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?6 q8 v3 ]# \! F1 {$ y* J- i
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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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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
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, w# D* E; ~/ I* L% m6 T5 \0 F+ XL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?4 {" |' Z5 e* p1 w5 w1 L

- D, r5 ]0 v/ n4 nM: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?. D' e% }5 J9 D. `/ o
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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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. s& P$ W0 p+ w; x* s; pL: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?4 O. {! v0 `) ~7 W# F& h
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.- w* y9 \6 y1 o
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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。
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5 ~9 R1 V* z1 V/ aM: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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0 c% C& l/ d4 q. J0 l2 U! }L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!3 P) F8 I" T& T! {. Y- n

' e. z; _" N$ Q- `; ^M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip./ P# U: \$ o$ f0 U7 ^$ B) w1 j2 {

$ f3 r" P+ a: a5 Z! K1 I, H2 u* yL: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。4 l$ J" q7 }1 ^$ i" a- m8 V( `
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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.% o5 ^- H# B% Z$ i% I
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?4 `/ @$ Z) n$ ^3 n; d) G
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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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& c) q; J, V* G$ e8 ?2 a( P- cL: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.( H  W6 j8 j8 {- e! E% F8 k4 q4 [/ R

( E8 H- p1 ~2 X! |. B3 cL: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?8 S5 l! h& r4 O, @

+ L& l3 i: C! u' a3 U" ]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。
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3 t' t/ |+ g+ x" G$ J; IM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.7 K, h$ h  k$ p8 M8 _$ g

2 b% a5 M+ A  G: J* v4 s4 {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.: @& a1 l# w, G0 H" a

8 A" I; i" l; l2 O% M4 p" MM: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.* r' O; Q2 l5 x/ |/ e2 B

' y* X8 |- K( Y) g$ NL: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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3 k% ~6 ~$ A# v% V) J# v% X: BM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!4 s& |0 ?2 R; k4 b( c, [
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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。/ U4 n3 Z- V9 u; T$ W+ b
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