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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.! j' `. F- H! @. g1 {
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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; K1 x' R- }; x8 W+ U3 pM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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2 [; x2 c. B, J" P0 S) s, ~( cL: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?
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# a; @" K7 }2 N  _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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- E! `) O: B( V8 w! M4 MM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
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0 R, x+ p8 r3 f, l4 IL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?' M/ m* l- U) L" B  t! J

3 X$ V9 W4 P* z. u* hM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.% Q8 D' p+ V% b1 b

1 b9 o. ^. @2 w' IL: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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, G6 S, W7 S! I$ u9 bM: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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5 u. Y+ F; E; I, l1 B9 H; ZL: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?7 p3 M/ N! u7 z, p" G

2 J8 L. K& _" }6 j1 _# SM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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0 R( E* V8 K- n4 \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。
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1 o/ l2 i. `6 `0 LM: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.8 ?5 ?1 a& o1 ]# J0 x, Y8 F7 D

5 z+ F2 e1 H, a7 dL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!4 C5 l3 Q* A6 Y$ z$ q
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.: l5 V+ N: k; `1 E9 ]& i
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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.
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?( Z" @! I' j  _/ }
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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.7 @1 u- A0 q# h) s) \

7 D, g8 ?- {5 b# xL: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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& R+ ]" D4 Y, H8 t. i; S5 xM: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.8 ^/ Q8 d# F' N

/ V* w( a. w  y) W/ c/ |: y$ SL: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?( k- y8 I6 s) G6 L2 s0 M6 ~- }
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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?( b* O! _6 U8 ]9 x0 `' x) n* {

0 ~' m' B: L! s4 CL: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./ m# S: Y7 g$ U/ f* l5 V& A6 j  N
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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.
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9 Y7 Z' a& k5 x& O* t9 NM: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!
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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。: {8 a) L- [8 M
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