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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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7 l! q. [% R3 TL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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" Q0 s3 t% e2 |7 F1 ?* l: N& l2 HM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.1 A) u) s& }! p% ]6 \/ q  S4 d

* w+ r' n2 f( i: y2 q- KL: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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3 U: v9 e; r, X' C1 B8 qM: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?; J& O  g4 }$ r' @0 P/ B$ ~
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M: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?$ k- L4 w4 A$ i

4 n& H8 H  o  K4 u5 c$ yM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.1 [" h. Z9 e9 r, [8 c9 K
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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?, X" q( `' c7 D; }7 O$ ]$ K& f
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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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0 g/ H+ _: x) A5 }( }2 H8 ]; z: J( }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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! c/ _8 @8 _- c: l# oM: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。
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' Q' i% k' `# F$ {, nM: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.: Y6 ^" j# K' x5 k" U, d# r) ]' U. B

8 [/ A' t# s: w2 P+ P$ j9 d5 e% CL: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.* J/ {+ o7 [# Q. g

" p5 t7 m7 v, i" |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.
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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5 E5 t* ~2 S' u/ ]M:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.: U5 r- h5 E2 ]: q$ ^- [! ?
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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?. {6 D. I: F9 ^  {

: ]+ R7 Z! Z# P" f7 O( W0 }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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7 M# Y" w* W9 v5 aL: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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0 j8 G# h3 i# j. CM: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.( {. D" n" H6 v8 Y( M

! L4 t3 T+ \' k  R. WL: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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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?
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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!' Q5 K* j+ U6 D/ K; \/ z6 h2 U" l

( d" V; ^" n) `, a5 M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。% I% J6 r6 m; Q! x! q( \' `- n

; ~/ b6 j) R$ N3 HAudio as following:
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