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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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/ F1 l  E( O$ C) G: t, lL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。- F2 ^0 z5 i& T% F, C$ K" U6 e. W

; K8 s8 Z+ H7 m: c* ]( @M: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?. n3 E/ J! c# B' f) E/ I: _' m: y

7 j0 W, B: P- m% ~8 A: gM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.0 _- e& ?/ |4 I9 r5 y

4 L1 w- X) Y. `- EL:(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?5 K. a# n4 @- m+ J

5 M- {. I( p5 ?. ~M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.6 B; F  U9 p. P  W$ A
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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* x$ B( E! Z# E9 v" kM: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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7 i: V4 ]2 O! h2 R* W* 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?1 I! P. N  u' P! l, N

" s7 i! r3 b+ _& f! T8 yM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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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。; W% }: i- ]! X8 W# N" N8 `8 U
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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.$ O4 T9 M/ q" k1 I( ]3 J' r+ `

! W/ \' x! R8 r- CL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!8 I3 M" e) y2 B! A0 {6 C
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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。& r. w0 \$ E' J# T) D7 S! X

  ], I8 r; v; }' oM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
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+ l" q& h, z" F, \, C& a) a% s  F! zL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?4 q/ s8 Z1 N( ]

% o" R& k5 W$ m' pM: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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( Y+ ^2 A5 c3 b$ i) l# h8 VL: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?
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: g1 y) @1 `/ x- [. qM: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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6 y$ S" W. Q2 m+ Q! kL: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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: F7 @! ^+ H& ^/ x0 SM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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+ m: P  m* g$ k7 \3 @  t$ rL: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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  d/ n  B7 d& T5 q' t& H% bM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.# U2 R( L$ B- ^: U
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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./ ^9 R5 E/ N$ ~7 D- m
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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?+ c  N7 o) p5 R% {7 @3 ^5 D: ~, E
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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!: ~: Q2 \$ d: p; f7 a

; f: r1 N$ g0 K) G/ w5 j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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