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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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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?( }. f8 H. v6 k, J& G9 B/ E% \3 V

9 V3 D5 Z# p, f: ^* JM: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?# \& b7 x) n2 S9 Q( c3 F

0 d6 _3 R: h& m3 q+ JM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
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) Q+ g: e% K* eL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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' y# b0 j3 g6 q) ^8 j  [4 jL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?  `" p4 V' I9 m+ k
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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./ f+ O/ X' i% N* Z- k
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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?' g5 N' c5 b# i6 f' h! p
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M: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。$ I- Q  O7 t3 \+ ]
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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.# Y7 L. x4 I/ g8 ^
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!; `) z" @' l9 v+ M0 p
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.' w6 _6 Z/ W) b# K& r/ T' ^
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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.
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7 P1 ?# d% g9 n0 I/ z# q6 k" FL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?: S" b3 s7 k9 H- N  E3 M

7 @; C7 p! l/ `9 V9 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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( x; f9 u+ l. o' K' h3 O' J7 a" XL: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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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.- w( \9 L# p0 Y! l1 [5 _& _

) {" W* t" F$ [' }) b' SL: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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0 [9 O# ~0 n( V2 ^- k5 }3 D0 iL: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./ T7 C4 C& _) H0 q2 r* c" b4 p
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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." s* z- ?4 L9 y" M7 B8 a1 g

) D) ~) e7 `# ]" i# pM: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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# }3 a: Q8 c: P* a8 b5 }M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!2 X2 ~# J# c4 i

" H* @  e3 S8 t* 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。6 g' c3 z8 q5 f7 h

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