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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.! G& m$ m3 m" s+ \( o9 H

  F5 _& x6 u( _7 }- \L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time., Z; T: H( e+ b# O& V
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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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! {, b8 C% T- k' \# r' u2 RM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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, f: Z" B1 q. J  o1 K6 D9 ZL:(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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; y1 N5 o: \6 J: f+ H4 ]9 u- KM: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?# R  ?2 ~/ |' Z( o. C

% v$ ^) C* `6 e' s7 ?M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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7 U' g$ T0 ^5 I& _/ w% OL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?- W9 {  H6 W+ d' k: R

/ _, i# K( {/ M( `3 CM: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.  r/ Y  w8 o; f2 u
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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?. J* k3 K( N5 j; x' z/ H
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.% P+ k4 e1 a  ~6 v' \4 _
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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。; `- t/ {. |9 q& ?% i! s% M

& L+ p" T! d! J- lM: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." y! R" I- d0 f" K- n
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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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, G# [3 w7 c1 E$ f2 k8 K) VL: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:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.4 D: b! h: E, p0 l  F

/ r% m; a1 j6 s: l' d! G6 fL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?) {. G0 r) R2 ?% Y$ I8 F. k
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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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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?* L" t( Q& g, K2 k
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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.5 _  n; ^# U( T: J
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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?) C" d& R3 @" _* ^2 P# }

% ?( D: D9 w, t' v1 S; [M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?  b3 H+ j- S/ i9 D
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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。2 [/ c# s' o" r( J# x. W9 d3 R" I- Z

* U, }& a; O6 h1 x0 w; g3 mM: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.1 p! r' a# e) Q# H
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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 m' c7 A, R* ^) G3 e
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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?
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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!/ O2 e) F/ j, U* L$ C2 g; N

! @! a3 I5 u) f) X% 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。
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