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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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; S- N" h) S1 T$ ]6 T- E- f$ @* r1 VL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。2 r; G( E1 K: u6 \
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.' y& p  k# f$ _& c1 Y5 h
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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?
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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?
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# a3 M/ A6 `% C2 z0 o( V: ~M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?! ^( a# y! [6 |: B7 B8 O

/ B/ ]; M( J* R4 T. R8 W' L3 ZM: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?9 [: |$ I" u- J% ~5 E* p* O

0 R% ~8 T/ }8 r% m& RM: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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! c3 ^+ P; U$ O$ ^8 bL: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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9 r0 \# G5 v5 g) q  Y. }; PM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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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。' s+ @% R* r/ p
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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.
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  h  D5 Z2 C4 d5 [" WL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!
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, Y/ f% K, I: [2 G, wM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.! c! g1 e+ X) L& e9 p2 }# C
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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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; }, G( Y/ G+ y8 z$ uM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
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& p) p5 \* a2 tL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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) N  X- u8 t# o0 NM: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?, T1 M& z5 J9 D; {: F

( V* Z9 F0 g" k  s6 cM: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 n- Q* Y5 [  B
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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?+ j+ B/ O. e% P( M

" t4 d% ^& m) D# UM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?2 b( V$ f1 |3 f

7 I0 n7 q9 ^: z3 SL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。' [2 a+ c3 [" {
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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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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.$ ~2 G% K. g& z1 f; c" A

2 h" |) L; u6 f) P+ ]6 {5 OM: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.8 l. Z* U1 D, N  Z

: ~. Z& x) D: j# ?/ [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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, M7 s! I8 ^: d4 \M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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. I: Z) u& u3 u! m/ S  C5 n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。! L* D7 w- \$ C3 o# I, b

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