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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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0 [) a; g2 i; Z% y# `( l! iL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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7 E1 R# a) L2 x$ d7 r7 wM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.1 L) [' V- u2 g2 E

7 b1 ?! z5 |7 T1 Q' LL: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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( D5 i3 Y3 P' `$ h: O6 ]+ bM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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. p7 h- A- }: Z9 O5 U: FL:(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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# h) g- [, |. I- c$ \M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.* _0 `! t5 m' x' o% f0 R. t

1 N; h( t- {( O! M2 M" O6 ML:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.) I0 W, g3 Z0 b% j* Z' ]2 y) B
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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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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.) C3 S7 s4 P7 H6 b9 W) o

, g5 _: [: ]: KL: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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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.5 Y0 e0 \: E: i$ n% [0 w% N1 H5 m, q

% U! b7 J& e. G1 q& eL: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 k/ \% s- p  z( W
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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!1 m3 a+ K" ]% b: n- `, ~6 T* \! @
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip., M! ~( m1 {! u9 n: l, {
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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。; a* k; E2 P" w: |& D
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M: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?3 ]8 M& W5 A4 O8 R0 h% x

% j2 o" [! _' _% e5 @5 I! {M:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.0 g  K/ y1 u6 B7 [

" b6 [. c: R8 B  M  O* eL: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?' X; O& {7 c  z

  a/ J5 }! e6 D% A1 w# y- S1 ZM: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.: ~/ p! B; f, K/ \7 i
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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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M: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* ~0 Y/ p/ @2 Z) p+ e7 _6 s# G6 PL: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.6 o! ?" H0 C( Q, s; Z% ~! r8 E6 _

' t" J# O+ Z% YL: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!
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3 u& l& R9 t( D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。: n5 L' ]& ^5 u0 Y  W0 g

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