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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。
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. E( }( }- ?4 T) {0 r0 |8 dM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.' M$ {' E0 z" Y7 S
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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?
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4 a4 ?5 ^( e9 g. |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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0 J0 w* k+ G7 K6 c8 R: b; p/ ~M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep./ ?7 V/ H; P- ^; U- e
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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.$ U! w9 ~9 d2 t( V, A
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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?" B- ]' I4 @" T, w9 F, ^6 U

* c' Y, a  u- Z( O6 _. ?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?: z+ k' m) N+ `- ?% Q. M( E

. q( J% M9 S3 [4 xM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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- K) b. T8 ~  |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。& j$ G6 m2 ~* N3 E% `, z6 g9 n, ^
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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!6 g  B2 p+ w6 O2 m$ M# U

4 v! M; C/ @, k9 z$ ~; WM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.9 o6 z  ~5 F3 ^
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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。! h, D; a9 K* W9 b* F+ z
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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?9 ~! \* `+ ]- z" _& c* j9 W
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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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! q# h% }9 H. d8 iL: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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8 J* ^% s3 Q3 j; B+ F  q# {: QM: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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, g# ~; R5 Z9 ^* d5 ~( R, Y! `) }7 rL: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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) n5 u6 j9 d; J' P9 sM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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2 S1 {4 H/ y: L( U; _5 N5 I5 hL: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.. Z: q/ ~8 S$ i
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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.: K  {( x% O" J# m- Y
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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!  @. s0 C6 M3 r+ W& \1 k

6 V" n6 R9 ]! B0 o5 W" f! 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。
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