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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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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。( |$ N& h# W  {
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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4 i$ ~! L! _% g7 L$ i) u+ r$ r8 wL: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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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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- j$ e3 I! q0 w' i4 rL:(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?& j5 r% u/ I9 r. g9 ]
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.; d% U5 ]! v& i
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?" \- O- B/ \$ Z/ Z1 T; n

/ ~8 ]1 R- ?5 t3 ~+ wM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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/ q! [! M" G' x' TL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?* }2 R1 r; X% [5 x
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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.. u( F7 m* \) y; }; ~* s
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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。4 o+ e, N0 \+ x$ s8 y& Z1 N

3 Q: \2 l' m$ e$ ]0 y9 I; V2 b$ [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!# X& j$ \7 l) w5 J
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
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! D1 }! \6 V5 ^6 M( E, K- n5 ~7 @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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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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- q; m# F( R' |( ZM: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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) i. H7 w( E; N) z% ^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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% Z7 D% b* \  g+ D; ^" ]. ?, {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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- H" w9 C2 L9 x5 \( M, tM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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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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' D" G6 K& s1 B- W. ?  CM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.  ]' ?1 I" y; z: F! `: [

# v: U* h( I/ g, c' L( v+ w8 PL: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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& b, b* h0 c) vM: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.* K! p4 P$ x, L2 d/ Z

# X. e+ y! ]: s- KL: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!6 Z8 [4 F. \7 `. s% W9 C' X- y2 H5 M
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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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