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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.8 K7 P- ]3 p! k$ p! M

: M' v( p7 o% \. HL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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1 W3 s4 y9 N3 m5 B3 _7 hM: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?5 v% |! U( m. s

- K; }$ `% |; v1 F! u# o/ QM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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2 R/ g# m( `0 D9 t' o; @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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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.' M$ L" `' O9 ^# Q3 f' S% X& D) I

# d$ k3 |/ C1 O5 W, jL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?, O' c2 c# Q7 r
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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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% Q9 N5 {. l+ R. s  QL: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.( H: e4 \1 j. I8 U0 [4 z4 [

6 ^( Z# D* ?" u+ u) d% qL: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。4 g' Y  a, A1 ~$ W2 _9 u( p6 B4 C

4 [9 ^5 j- V0 k2 Y0 B* E! h1 I7 YM: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!
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
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% i# q8 c0 H6 l$ F: R6 nL: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。8 N$ h8 k/ q- F& V& V. m9 W
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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.9 Y9 ?  H: @; d8 e+ \
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?9 k; k9 u: i! S  [
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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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' Z+ E6 x' B  @: U$ }6 VL: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?/ f) @2 D& W% ]' A  }

# q2 A* u7 S2 n, u/ \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?5 l: c5 a9 H3 h: O/ p
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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?  \% O- A. e5 {7 l

+ |3 |- r# y. ?' T, NL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。* j+ c6 C, @/ {7 @0 @% i
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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.) F% T* ~" C9 n; Z

& ?7 a8 C# p: G/ B- N9 d- 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.8 w/ o: b: g, ]# ^* n
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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.
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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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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!; j$ H' Y" F# A8 D! I, J6 f

8 g# F+ o6 z* d6 s/ l) v/ ^# e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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