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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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; |5 b- e! y9 T: p5 }. L, PL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。5 J( w$ J+ k6 U1 J) E7 w
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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# b& Q" `( T* dL: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?- h5 e5 q6 b$ R8 F
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.6 G% c2 v# q/ t# J1 G' x' y

  a- m' ^6 [, j" o- XL:(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?# I$ e8 p4 Y/ S# i4 _

) C( m" \6 P* j3 p6 k1 o7 I& V  T& AM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?3 n" T; ~' s3 G9 T4 ?2 a

- K8 T( O# b4 ~" IM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.3 h' j8 I# K7 j
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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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% u! U* o4 G# Y$ n/ @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?! M4 E+ p) f$ c$ C4 |( F6 G& s
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M: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。
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  h# ]* q. y9 E% 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.* x( l# N9 c3 ]
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!
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$ t" ?; T9 L$ J( f) o' jM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.. h: \2 @- G6 K. _, |& c) s' ]

) K  ?, _# {( y& P! g, j4 cL: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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" e$ ^& ?: f6 ]4 aM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.- j/ T7 b- m. i& V/ N3 o) ^8 O

& p+ o. o& {' G- R+ c: N9 SL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?0 x% G( D9 x. S7 p, ^

% Z8 s5 G9 E! s- s. H7 U6 G2 lM: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. ?2 x' G/ D, P

" M' r$ W  O$ j! S4 n6 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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, r& X" s2 X+ o! AL: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?! N- g7 M4 u. ]0 ]
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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?' D; D+ F+ F2 ^" e* k: i
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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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M:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.# r# r4 j! |" K3 W
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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., N0 h$ Z+ T# D1 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.* X3 s2 s% O4 V: G* m' f

2 `  h9 A1 E, [( E2 ML: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?0 Z  j) n# `  D+ B6 k
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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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; o/ M3 v- r, O' R) k  i9 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。
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