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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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$ ~% Z9 F5 V, v4 a; ?  y! [0 @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.0 K* C$ ]4 h4 {- \2 ^/ ~$ |
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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?- X& {" U9 y  R( [+ d
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.  {. x5 y& ^6 j8 D! m. V
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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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. I; ^3 g3 O6 {! U( l. rM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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- r9 K' b" r* S: L# e8 G9 |- BM: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?
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) s4 y' I1 O! k% w' fM: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.: }/ d# K: U8 Z; j& g# x

3 R7 s9 m/ o/ V! x: a) H5 t  D+ F- v. iL: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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$ ^# x& b% w2 z" jM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.' o2 t6 m; Z# i1 h$ q
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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。
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, R8 n4 d! r5 V0 l/ U0 ZM: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.& O0 \. O: S, J8 v- G

" u: X. R; u# Y' x/ m2 F( A2 ?L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!
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& B7 W# M, A  B* `' y2 yM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.% r9 w& o8 T' j% B4 w. ^& D
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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.0 @. ~$ S; k5 x3 m: L, X/ @, d
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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.4 r0 U7 ?* I/ _4 o' O
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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?* L3 {7 i0 E! ?6 z+ s8 N9 o4 X6 n
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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 m, Z8 ?/ L& w7 {  t7 T* 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?5 z9 N; U6 k& V, Y7 q7 R5 n

7 a7 E0 g7 ~% BM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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" `; Q, n5 H$ u* U9 `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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9 b% g2 I1 d; z, K- [! u: c) i0 ?1 HM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.6 `" }/ N; f0 m) q1 r* z

' f; s2 Z4 k4 f* HL: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.  P, m* O( I# A+ m4 j
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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.9 P. P; A* p& R2 m9 Q2 k' j# E

3 y% d1 ^: s0 r9 z/ j9 |9 wL: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?* q6 Q  B/ f. E; r

3 j1 r9 r: J; w, w! }3 `/ v& F& _8 |- jM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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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。: M* f" c* f6 T& k% j# S& N( Y* l4 v
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