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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.5 R( m) \; Z( x9 G4 ~; t
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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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4 q+ G5 `4 h6 E1 eM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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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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  b% X' q: C7 H6 yM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.( x8 s* z# o( ], o# J

7 @3 e7 o3 u6 c2 F: {1 l' Y9 s/ iL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?. g5 o, Z3 S" t4 D/ Q

! {% ^8 u; t2 _M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.2 `6 @: ^4 v+ u& Z0 U
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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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$ q! C7 Q  W9 IM: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?  h9 Q$ Y* M- C
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.( U4 l7 @' }: X5 z8 W9 V/ s, H0 h
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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。% m6 P* o" l% v+ F
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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.# E2 N  W/ C8 q

7 L! N+ N3 H' B1 s" cL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!3 y) X) n9 s0 K- n. K

' ?' p! ~" I. p6 H, S; ?  lM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.! E7 G0 d7 S/ O, q0 M5 g

3 @; ]7 W" t7 a* F. E- @, j; BL: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.0 N, P* g9 r! O( A2 s

3 ^5 v+ C6 g. y4 z$ j$ L! R# pL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?% S- m4 Q  o% _5 r# \. z& a
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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.* S0 ^% B" y: M$ U* }, D$ T
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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?1 G2 ?  p. M4 Q0 [
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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.8 W# w6 V# ]" 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?
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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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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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: _/ V+ h+ V+ G5 T2 i9 E1 oM: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.
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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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7 ]: A$ K# `# ^! P+ BL: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?& C4 c+ S: H0 V! f3 [
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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!6 w5 t: {4 n3 r, `& c

6 l- z, F$ a$ f0 `4 [  M9 x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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