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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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/ m  M6 {5 v  RL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。( A! Z6 r* p9 M, p+ K" p+ w
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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+ [9 w$ j8 r" T4 O, {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?- ?& T+ c' h* ]  S# i' |

% T' n6 Q; h7 H+ h6 ^* F- tM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.& l5 f& ?8 F3 ], y

6 [2 t- @/ g4 C. _1 k* w3 IL:(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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& G$ v8 g, V+ z4 m8 rM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.) i6 l  d9 P5 k  n

& o5 A1 F+ N) H' O+ t" y  ]L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?# S& |& |6 @# k& H% w
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.. s3 q2 n; W5 m1 w
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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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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 J  C" @1 ]: R) 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?+ _: d' g- T7 }' s& j0 U

- e/ |. l) \1 Z& ?" 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。7 N/ G6 |0 @5 p& C6 E  P% H/ j( p
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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.
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!# x* z5 h/ W- Z3 k. y9 U- b% ^
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.: @) I' C: p1 X, k. J2 U* _
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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。% s! F+ i; z6 v" t7 d

- Y3 {2 M: K$ x+ D" p. |M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.$ d) \2 {8 w& h! T3 N* z

$ T% G+ F+ w3 AL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?$ @3 `* g. d( i6 |* }$ r
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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?
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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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. r- l+ _" _# q6 K% @4 R7 f$ lL: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?, K7 v0 p& i& Z& d( G0 K" B
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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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; R) J5 R0 b, ~% J" [* w# rL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。1 r' H/ z" K2 T' t& y# d+ _

! ?* u: m5 r! CM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.
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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.- k; X1 Q# k9 @
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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." D# ?: J9 r2 l' z) g" [* R  E" n
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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?: x% s  s! l: f; [* \
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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!% N! K2 N# C- y/ }; }( W7 G

; D$ g( t8 Y; j8 ?; d0 ?1 a% v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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