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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.( P/ c0 ]2 h  h1 s# f
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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.4 b7 T. e+ o2 h" g

  L1 a2 i4 u8 r. y# lL: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?6 M& ^7 c: a- E3 `9 n& o- X
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M: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?  z4 x" e) K6 |# R! t4 l; v

& u; ^8 q) z8 d% G  r( v: a2 \M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep., N, \  d  Y5 R( g; D3 B- G! w* E& m

" a+ e' [5 h. _, N% hL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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* k, D2 P% F. s  C" @! M3 i: VL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?) G) G/ R4 a% x. g& q& o* v
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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.% h% K4 B7 c6 w

5 ?6 `, E- f$ c/ [# VL: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?2 H* v# |( |! n2 o) D7 g6 q9 q; h( F

6 h5 P; t3 c4 A1 I5 f- R- Y) RM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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/ ?' r. J; c0 F" |7 bL: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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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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6 y8 ]2 S" s* s- F3 K2 YL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!* x8 t7 X$ [% u; L7 P, k
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
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+ d# `0 Z+ B, R/ xL: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。$ a8 z/ |" l: J) a" y. L

% O* c. C9 P2 e; E% x4 H. D* P5 z& TM: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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M:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.% g4 F! t! v, N+ N( B

- k# z. N+ x5 G# OL: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?& e( ^% j( r% M7 a/ U" B* a7 X

" O6 _8 l8 A, _+ _- ^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.. ^* l8 |4 M: X) Y

7 T7 F- n* D% |5 o% ML: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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' v8 O. E1 P4 v! Z. L$ @5 |1 z9 W' n+ f3 FM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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* |* T$ |# L* LL: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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7 x0 o2 G) d/ L( W' a; n) O0 JM: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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" s+ r3 {0 ?; X% {$ S* D5 ^2 n" ML: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!1 k# z0 b" Z( t
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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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