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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." {: M/ y: h$ [7 K
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。) g9 k# y% {" d7 U* T3 u! h

8 |5 d' G7 L. B' tM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.8 z# G4 R6 Z( D1 O+ q6 d3 s' D
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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?8 a  h/ W/ J& b9 Y, Y: S, \

8 o" r3 X1 b! \7 M$ DM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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0 [" \! S4 `1 R# d/ EL:(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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9 \4 ]8 ?3 y, W3 G7 ?; f$ i1 e: zM: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?- K( o& ]4 J) N) ~% \& ]

3 Y5 m- J/ {6 ]* }M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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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?
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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?9 d% c' m0 g( C, T, J$ M2 M: Z
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.% _5 l7 U2 S  T+ ?+ Z' C
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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。
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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.6 c! f0 E2 `& V) S1 A5 ?* `

: W# R0 W- t5 J7 }: \L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!
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- ^2 Q" T. I# ~% d' {' |' _M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
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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。! _5 {9 ?7 D# J  I3 x
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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.8 |, N1 z5 t! ^

9 c/ H7 @4 G1 \' u. @L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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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.: ~- n# @1 l" N  X2 R
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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?5 b: V" ?, `0 N3 t

6 S3 ?+ T! E/ j) ^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.. Q$ _( X1 ~+ n* X! \: w& M+ m

# Z( C$ T) _+ dL: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?' P. E- p% c4 D0 S1 E

+ {7 j6 l+ a( q6 A# O3 F. E' i; iM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?. T* i  C; C# [+ b) D* z- E

* J# f  y8 z+ m3 tL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。! L$ k' Q4 f: {, Q
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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+ c5 g- F! p% k# n5 t

, `0 r1 Q. N! v4 tL: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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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.9 l0 J8 B% L( S2 h1 l
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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?& R6 `3 d  U: c" A% Y: E2 @( K

3 E% M' g6 ^3 B" \0 m# t& E! EM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!, \1 Y  ^, Z; b- Z8 h$ F8 |' Q

* J( ?3 A; V) y5 O. k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。  P* h: z; k1 K" V+ k9 U* z# C

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