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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。
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% y0 F" }  V' h" g7 R/ G: N( d5 qM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.3 `7 ]0 }4 O" 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?4 Q9 q# s( T1 U; C% _5 E
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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% o& o  z6 J5 D: c8 P; SL:(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?9 X- i" x9 M4 _; P+ J$ ~

7 Y9 X9 D" k4 n( Q# e4 g) }- \: ^3 SM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.. n  [! c% N7 @9 v8 L8 _' Z0 c

5 t& z/ T' K2 n* J  H8 _& m$ QL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?9 C* y: l7 G6 N# K+ n3 W
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M: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?' x/ a2 e, }1 f9 }  }& A' o

* r6 x7 P' v; B7 {+ h; X) D- i- @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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$ D( i: f% S* gL: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?* `" @0 \$ h; ?" |3 n, A# O) r) J2 Q

0 d" v: g; X2 xM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.+ R, O0 m7 e& y; X
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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。& z: |% M, K, z0 K1 @3 X- S1 F

( u9 @* b1 M/ R; ?M: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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9 u; |% O5 F- h* v- w3 {$ n3 bL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!* u" [7 K. s+ V" Z9 ]' R: w' i

3 j7 W# i9 ^# E3 CM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.+ S8 S4 B4 ]2 v  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。- ]  n+ e0 Y( y" K

5 X$ W  ~1 L1 }2 f1 tM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.2 F% {$ R. x4 @9 _+ b
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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- G5 m" m1 e+ l  y9 aM:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.! |$ p& m# K; K$ P* d

) u& Z6 g: E1 X' E) r3 |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?* D8 }* C7 I/ z# I2 E" r
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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.! Q) J+ h' k7 k, f- K

/ o" o0 }! U, eL: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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# x9 V/ `) O- E: _2 O7 O- r) gM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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' y! a1 h( m( v9 ^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.# X- {8 E& q* a; W5 |' v0 g. n

* W( k3 P" j. g- kL: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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5 h5 D/ W. [; \- e' j! R* a; OM: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.
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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!4 b5 I% R  j7 X0 M: Y

7 w0 ^' U# I$ i" [; m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。. }5 U$ K9 [- v0 b; d" o

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