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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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/ [1 O( O6 N9 {. K+ x* G: D8 SL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。+ U$ C0 J) f2 H7 v1 L- o7 z  ?6 A
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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5 d4 @& t' @" B. C/ M" DL: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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" ~' ]  P! f. |5 m: sL:(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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1 T! O- }# q; |: r6 z. `7 g5 h# J6 kL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?, \# y3 l9 i# Y  b
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.$ O+ i& E4 t. `1 ^, ]9 L8 {- F# Y
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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?; ]! x! P$ E. y1 \/ c6 }+ w# b

3 b& `. R9 n8 x$ o1 q% v8 zM: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.5 {& v2 f' c4 ~! t

& w4 P: z5 A6 g1 g1 ~& v- c4 w. N' NL: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.# m" i# @4 }- Z4 A% M, j: n
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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。7 ]! C! v  Q: Y3 U  [: U
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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.( P7 v* ?/ K1 d) q$ N/ _# h

2 Z) d( c' H# w0 L) v( |/ A  XL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!. k' g1 J& H& i2 Z

3 r5 d: W+ X6 U3 L% h8 u" r: LM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.+ @6 h0 h0 m, K* _# C

  [% M8 X$ _- \  l8 n7 X4 u0 _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。  w' v7 w5 v; X9 `' I6 E
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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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. O' h3 Y3 {% d  Y+ `8 @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.
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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?# @7 d8 V- ?4 y

6 R$ N$ m0 m( ?* T/ ~& EM: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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" b5 C2 `% f8 E) P; S5 l! {  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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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?! T: l0 B5 e! f

0 l9 |/ ~" t" a0 l0 b2 a3 T2 l( C* }L:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。1 }0 E- K! H) l
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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.
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. D. Y$ R/ q8 g. T6 YL: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.1 f- P; b+ G7 F# h' _

3 P1 y# Y; ]  tM: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.# O" F  U9 ~+ N3 c( T4 s; u) O

5 W# w0 \) F6 TL: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?5 z, F* p/ k- ]4 D% t

& q- G. m6 s; v" jM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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, O/ x1 i6 v, i' W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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