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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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0 i  v5 s6 f. b+ z( ^L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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1 L6 U1 W5 ]( y" M+ @9 mM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.; \$ _" B7 U4 e- Z2 p0 Q3 m

4 a6 w! y# J3 ^; o" n1 w' J$ TL: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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% F( f4 V2 ^* u. sL:(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?0 Y" h( P. u5 p# {; }

$ _# f8 l6 h/ ]$ [M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.7 V8 b% ~/ M9 }

# g! p7 ^$ G. Y; a8 F, S4 FL: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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0 ^3 a- ?  J$ {- oM: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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& F$ D' O3 w; f, {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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: S' [* `2 H  rM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms." G+ G& X6 m6 y+ |
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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。
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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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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!
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* q4 ^5 X" I; Y( L+ C9 GM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
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! k, c+ r. r' T) FL: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。+ I' u! l& C- ^* q0 m7 o
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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.8 K/ `) }  y8 Z6 `  y

4 c) l: J) v! ^+ iL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?, t/ b& |1 J# X

$ N! L" ]& A4 `/ u/ U; xM: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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% w" d3 {( f* O" V; _1 I4 x3 }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?
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( d- [) R- t! ?0 n% [: [# m+ l$ 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.
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8 H4 e0 i, P+ @7 ?# Z. V. ~+ \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?5 ~$ S- ]6 u6 t! U- b; c1 j
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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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3 H: D$ N# ?4 u& t% ~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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6 @' W2 H# K  n) H* gM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.2 A* q3 S, W: W2 h; M( z
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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.) z+ Y  j; t, m) E
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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.& C, x9 l3 `; v* K" ~6 ?

% N& q, y. ?. ~0 {# V- \. KL: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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3 H# ]# t- [# ^, W. aM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!0 ^: ?6 y7 z6 l6 P0 t
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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。
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