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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.& D/ Q" ?3 X5 o0 ^. K
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。1 I6 R5 @0 a0 L" Q+ `+ d2 f
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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?7 T1 G4 l9 \0 [' @- G

4 x1 @9 D& q1 |# [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?
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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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7 N% S/ z( X+ ^L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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( E3 w9 ]3 T! m+ V& vM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.% W9 v4 D2 W# s
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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?: O3 @$ \0 g2 N0 {( 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.
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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?
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.8 M* e4 D" V& q) `- \8 ?7 Y2 o9 e  R* g
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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。) E$ K8 P4 \$ C# b
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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!+ c0 @3 I" @2 K4 z$ p3 Z/ m* b

7 X9 b6 a8 x! @7 X0 k% GM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.& h* i# e  K9 |9 E$ A7 M
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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。' w" u7 j: [; o

8 a3 c+ I, Z- cM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.3 ]+ x! k  z3 W' O- O

2 `/ ^$ i6 Q* J6 g8 Y: eL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?" n3 U% T' ^- T. o
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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.: ~$ u6 X: e% I. c. V
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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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! S3 t/ x! q$ `. J) YM: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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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?) {0 i$ m; R. i6 d2 C
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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.5 z  y* t- x/ {" _

' k2 q8 C9 D5 {+ ZL: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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7 d7 R) t& b2 k3 m4 iM: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.8 M8 j$ V, k' k( h
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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?* W$ M8 m$ A7 x  W3 k5 i/ J6 I' J3 |

; K! X* S; Z! A# G& {3 I# t! g* cM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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9 @$ h# \  M; ]  K8 Q7 l; Z# ~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。, E, L0 T6 U4 o/ h# S% M# I

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