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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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% x8 r. [& J" f4 W  KL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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# @1 I: S+ `6 a5 u$ b6 _M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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. u3 f/ g9 `+ L! P* x+ \/ 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?; l" m& |3 Y9 X. v* M) f
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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4 e# Y$ l4 o6 d/ m, ML:(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?$ M8 \# h# L  f! H: G0 P1 L- l
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.3 I% F* j1 Q% M. F% z7 f5 o

$ `: d7 ]) A: _) W. l0 ]L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?/ m* H6 j& ]# h3 @

4 e- J8 @' ?$ aM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.: ]5 q  A" O6 S$ n  z

* F' [; U8 f( g) A7 _& {8 t- L! W+ `5 Y9 tL: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.5 [& y$ }/ X) m" {" Y2 F0 L0 X3 J6 @

2 T, |0 f$ y0 X8 p* X" h+ `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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9 @0 T! L4 S# X; IM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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! ?6 S* D* O) o+ f- ML: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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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!$ v& a" m# w5 W8 C

6 J: I8 t$ u3 k5 ZM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.8 i& _7 ]5 P8 a% L- ]
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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.0 [3 `. a# G. n

, @9 X2 T0 D: a5 vL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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* E  `  r6 m* X) |8 z6 i+ N* wM: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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- O& P+ n- Z6 e* ^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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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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+ `# I2 b! G8 j9 U! eM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?# n. q% S, U# p+ ]- Q! ~

& @* X: ]7 [0 u) |4 @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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9 \. D* D/ p! w: G& \0 t6 N' J% vM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.# ^! S. i" F( x( t" }" p6 ~

! _) K, |! ~+ P1 gL: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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' P3 R# }. i, Y1 j( ]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.% |& U" b5 B. N0 i0 C
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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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0 Z. H% e2 F6 {( F4 w# Z, ^4 kM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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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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