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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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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.8 T" W( g: R+ Q$ v1 O& C
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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?+ @0 M, i# o$ q% I" R+ R

2 x% ?8 y4 C- d) f5 B' `8 G$ d1 SM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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$ C% }! M7 q8 H( 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 ]% d  D) P) m
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.7 Z( `. q; l$ Q* b5 X

( I+ s8 E: M( f2 ?/ u, D/ k9 X) O1 DL: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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L:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?! i, s9 V6 d5 B3 A# W9 c

) L. A: @, g3 f& x0 n0 b& _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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9 ]& ~, K- a( n6 z) r. k9 }7 }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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! J: F" o$ }/ EM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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7 ~# }& G4 G" Y" U8 x8 mL: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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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.% I' c9 J8 I4 X

# S* w; j6 V3 s7 wL: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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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。
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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.1 m/ t7 P% t* B8 U7 @

9 p  p( b# q, F0 S1 J' ~! G+ AL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?4 H" X- Q( y  ^5 `7 h& m
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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.: G% D$ D+ o( {* q! O' p9 f

  S" Q6 v* U! G8 t5 M3 K0 q- `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?/ X4 B7 I! ?! I8 T$ W+ {

# E/ P5 S8 S+ g# N) sM: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.% a+ @: a+ q/ C6 l
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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?
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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?* v1 z% W2 C8 k

8 e9 J  K. `3 e3 ]L:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。- i; s9 Q2 H- \4 v9 Q' ~6 j

2 V4 ^! z, N! ^# J, pM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.3 i  }& J, X7 X  K  a$ u/ x/ I0 D. L
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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., J1 s4 @6 D# 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.
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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?0 s9 O  ]* Q0 Y/ M
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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!0 R  [5 C% |: @; m* K6 t6 C& Q' |

7 C* J" S' K$ \* 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。4 `8 q* @% ]5 P! X. k( j. C
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