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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。5 M, A5 S( z. W  ]9 }% X: B
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.7 T0 z- o1 o8 H

5 X. `( }9 ]8 C, y# `, S; ]' GL: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?* h- }( y. h" D* i- T. a6 A

. ?+ @8 {$ D6 @0 pM: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?2 V" b+ K" c2 N& D. G6 m

8 {+ ]! d6 r7 Y3 ^M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
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( @7 p- p/ `$ @* S: SL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?5 A! n- Q* N& Q: u$ Q; T8 W

8 }! |* i& d8 Q4 ~- \# b6 k; o1 bM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.. c5 h; Z$ U% b( C- W
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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?; p  d( C& j7 Z- l4 m

% a$ ^6 A6 z9 p" D3 ~/ A( WM: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?
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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, ~( U' w) _1 U9 o5 q# }$ nL: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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1 ^- q( S% Q( a- G4 g; FM: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!
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip., Z& d4 d. [  l* v1 u$ d: a
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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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$ ]# W( E" `9 h' H& NM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
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- t' V! |$ a" yL: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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2 d7 R3 X/ \3 |; K6 WL: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?* w( L0 K1 e& C. H- q4 v7 v

2 u% B3 U9 h; X! |, IM: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.8 d2 q( Z( S& w

; m* d  B* }$ q& C& VL: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?
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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。0 e0 C4 ^0 J, r8 a- T0 e$ u
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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.( X+ O1 ]8 B4 T  `  F9 ^  F# C
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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.
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1 Y- U( u9 N9 G3 a, vM: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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! s6 L0 x: `' ~; L! k- a0 ZL: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!
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- F& _- G$ c- J9 \% q$ R7 C. X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。3 W' A9 u# \- T+ n
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