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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.' N( s5 E+ r9 C) `# {0 N$ l- _# d

/ S% I% e* p. k9 U5 JL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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, U9 E9 w& ]* ^* pM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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' T5 r0 ]5 e7 v4 n" \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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$ x, o' p  [8 u& ^& LM: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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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.# @7 q( z: m+ x7 I

* o! @3 |" L+ o7 T9 M+ i/ D4 jL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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5 {* x5 q1 E4 T$ QM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.6 C) g5 m: J" }8 u: s

1 M! c2 I7 f" O3 X: qL: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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' H! Y# q  ^0 S( W3 V! t' J# _! [0 h. ]8 ]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?8 H: p# v2 x& q
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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% A* V* @; L0 i+ j. RL: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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5 W' O( p" J0 ]2 TM: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.4 |/ i& [* @* f
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!
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9 F& ?2 Y  P) l" ZM: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。
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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 p2 [! L  h/ p: u1 |+ _
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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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& S  t$ J: e1 @6 j7 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.6 u# [( T3 M: ~3 c: x
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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?& u9 W( }0 y. @7 w7 ^

5 X7 Q( t; D# X# o; X3 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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M:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.; W- k& Y: s( @) C* s

$ C' O6 V4 a3 A, A6 u5 N( r5 \2 RL: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.. A) L5 D- J1 N

! U; J* k9 X$ b( F# ZM: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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9 t" w$ I6 G; P) s" FL: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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4 a+ ?3 [6 W; L. |9 t8 c, [M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!3 R! C: L5 S  b+ G  N$ L

* ^1 `: W& K0 }- ]3 H9 B& L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。' H* k2 N/ I9 e* B) c0 x$ T
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