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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.0 [# C% t5 y9 f& y, @& d( N
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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.
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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 X% U1 W+ g1 |5 KM: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?! x' Z! r5 u5 Z9 f, c# A
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.7 R6 o8 B, P: R- j1 {- O) ?0 u
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?( ^/ {' g% ]5 D7 A8 S

' e1 X$ b3 q+ `9 g* I( U. `M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.! i1 O! v; O& N. T) _7 E# K3 r

! b/ H) ~  j( n$ c0 ^$ c* u5 wL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?  V, t$ m7 t% |
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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.
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: t& C0 Z2 a, b  A/ I/ |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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3 `7 B$ x- T8 a- Q7 NM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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$ S& E  v" S$ T& R7 DL: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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, o4 ^" Y# g, i5 N% @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!
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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, p) D0 I- r* ?M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
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" s0 R: V! A6 c- S9 F  y* l- ?5 QL: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.
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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?' s4 ]" T7 @5 s3 D* q! U& K  y0 u  W
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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.
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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.2 j7 T. `& v5 Y
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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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2 e/ x1 z# E/ o- h# CM: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.4 b4 Z8 F5 m# @* U' ~0 E9 e

8 M4 r& q7 F& J$ `- a8 RL: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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2 H$ t; z* y3 d" M* k% U& \M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!1 @1 \8 i4 Z* u( S
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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。
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