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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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) ~5 v* k+ E- ^8 ?, L% sL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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! ^& N! x1 s+ G  y% ?M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.& _( j" c6 U7 [) a9 ]/ s7 `# V
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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?  Z3 d/ u) C0 K! l# N: D( x2 T
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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?$ S* n2 t* A8 {! ^

0 w) q/ i! x* I  _2 U: GM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep., \" M& }5 q5 k- ^; d+ k

7 ~: P7 g( q* k( @. E! cL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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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?
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& I$ |: j* H% d; R0 ~! 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.
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; I7 f6 q/ |* \6 V2 [# \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?& Z8 v& T  V* N

' H, E3 J" H  [+ }4 f3 gM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.$ ^/ t+ O4 ?- L6 s' B3 \3 i

) Z/ v9 o' f- ~. X* e8 w( M: 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。
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' |& L- U( {, H" b8 R: Z: L+ ?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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" r( y& o, h( z; mL: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.8 S: g% A! F3 f2 t: [( m6 U) }

7 U. l: C. h& O6 K! ZL: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: D8 W; k7 jL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?0 b3 e9 |- H9 j: t* t. U

4 N1 E3 w5 V; ^5 ~$ G2 zM: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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' |3 r& E- U: Z4 c0 F: S# qL: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.
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  K/ P7 X, E& Y, H, tL: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?, H" m7 C/ O- C; a' u) p' S. K

2 t/ R( y& l- d: {3 ?9 ~5 \$ ?M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?- s  N# V# i0 |" @, B! W3 B) T3 r5 ~& A

2 Z- y! g6 V8 F$ OL: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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( u* j( \" [- QM: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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) g! t( n" Q& o! vL: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.; ?& X9 L3 C1 b  F' {
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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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6 M4 C, p' m7 Y" @/ i. L: nM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!" x2 S1 k% h2 C% Q0 m8 Z' I
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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。- C5 n+ r. G5 g% K
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