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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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! E# K& \" k# H7 ^: ?* jL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。# w  g% Z2 c. z& K( [+ N& W$ X3 C8 O' O

/ W2 W7 |4 J7 e* L* B0 tM: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?4 s5 B9 e4 w* p* n' B, s& u
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.) [* A; P6 V: a: h% H" F+ n/ r5 ~
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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.( V1 R( p. ~+ N. z
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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( f% `9 z- Y6 J) EL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?- d) K' Z0 n% t0 {% r4 r5 B

2 s& l1 w2 J& v3 b9 L3 h% A& bM: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?
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: s. }/ y* V9 N3 X0 y( lM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.( R' O( E/ ?. d

7 H/ o7 K4 x/ qL: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。1 L: z# K3 B& O: Q
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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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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!
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' t8 Z" z$ L; E4 r! S/ pM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
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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。  f' z# o( e% G$ }; U

8 \$ _% c9 V/ J* y( Z  WM: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?
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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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5 q3 I/ j  U2 w1 M7 ]: e, r& J$ `  o0 Z4 IL: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?  z" x, O, \3 S8 ~0 E9 |

$ c- F; Q# I1 I& S& ?! ~. wM: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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# h( S. v) U* \. L& i4 ^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?
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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?' c% S0 Y$ D* P+ A
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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 z% w% B' y# v/ R% T
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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.5 ~- ^: \0 ]! r* u1 F, N! l

5 f; K* i6 L2 c/ |$ z% L2 R3 yL: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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. {9 t+ _: [7 i0 {" k$ FM: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?& ~. a# g0 _" ^. u+ [% E
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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!5 s1 S: F, l7 w1 M6 ^- {

/ o( Z+ [; l' Q9 {+ m( Y, a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。$ U. i9 P% H8 a! ~& [# j, x" w
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