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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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$ d; O* P' s' K8 U5 s! ZL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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* {8 C- @' j$ u; W5 p. m  _" X1 rM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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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?, q1 f( N- I/ `" k9 Q: Y1 H

( g8 y; @. l; p) J) `3 lM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.4 B9 ^! G+ B3 s; B7 z; ~
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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?! q9 H) S$ ?" I5 @$ o2 H

- c: ]% w/ B. F7 ~/ UM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.# x* O6 b" |  [! R5 V

+ F* v' ?$ [5 c6 i& Q; rL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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' e0 a- T- F. O% z/ ^% o6 xM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.$ l6 q& z5 V( L" V4 H

0 \4 X% ^+ i. l3 C8 `8 M' S% `# }L:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?5 W, D- F* U$ c- U' O- E

7 N2 r" Q  A3 l% ^5 Z( v4 w) k$ _$ ]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./ ~' h4 e8 m, x
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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?  q+ C4 n5 D+ ?2 Y: N/ u

& y- K# {9 Z" }M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.: X6 o% I' B: W% s& Z3 e- T% M

' P2 n: ~8 R4 o; G% n) U0 kL: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。, ^9 K9 O0 Z: c9 e
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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.0 k# K. S% L) n. M, ~) T

$ f- e' G/ [6 Z/ w' X- D- s' S+ l' qL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!7 _8 e+ x: ?5 T" @8 a  [, f3 v( H
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.+ S' i5 ^! [/ H
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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?1 B- A% `7 h# b2 k

6 n5 N: `  n. ^$ ]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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9 t. L( G9 [3 I) r0 o% G; ^3 JL: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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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." T' K8 D5 M* U8 X; {1 S; }
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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?9 q! J( {) v; d1 A, p- @# ?

% ?- H7 O4 S& A% SM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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# l7 i# E  d5 m2 o$ b1 sL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。) b( Y9 ~2 L; F( k9 W6 ?

' x$ f; p% G0 dM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.8 o. y% `- I  `

) w! [% u1 s+ cL: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.+ w- Q) W% E7 B5 R: A

" ~1 y% y- @5 }& K5 Y  yM: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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) `. v4 x0 O4 B/ \$ ^) p2 g/ V. yL: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!$ E- W( V3 O" O

# x0 o2 j7 I$ a- P- 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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