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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。2 r7 m0 k& {; x' Z, `7 i

, Z# d' L- Z3 S9 \, T; }: h/ _M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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# Q& O* k( A3 p+ C7 DL: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?) F  Y* r/ m& M$ [) Y: v
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.: }0 D7 j+ q/ A! m$ N& R& Q4 O9 @
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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?6 i% p" U$ C$ i" m" W4 E0 Z

/ ], ?- j) T# K6 Z2 EM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep./ q: C* s0 P  K4 d0 t

: @; ]9 r% P& ?9 _2 a; [L: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?) F. P) t8 T0 X' }2 q  d4 V3 N
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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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  s* u% c9 f! g2 q  J. XL: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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3 A4 f1 d8 }! {  m3 D1 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。' c- k0 x7 d4 ^+ J7 Z" q5 O

  B+ W4 }, e. \2 lM: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.; t0 S; N. h; q! f  C" v" l+ |: |

( h+ o+ d7 E4 \; V4 g3 @L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!1 [" o4 o1 A1 x1 [2 M0 m7 n  |
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.' Q' R9 `1 i! O) v& ^
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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。% u  k% d7 h3 v% ]/ Z" _
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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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' G2 I# |8 S; ~; X8 h( M/ Q$ J  r: }L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?4 q; Z5 d! Z! Y8 b0 g/ c4 V% I
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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.& L7 W* c7 V( H

% n) U% P1 k" [7 eL: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, ~( q( p" m7 j5 [/ z0 wM: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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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?
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+ B- X) I0 f  z3 AM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?$ ~& H! }0 A2 J! w3 x: o

$ V4 h( Z$ B8 L& lL: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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" S3 m  x' e* Q2 rM: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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6 {% K2 Y. A% a+ AL: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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, u( B% `" L$ lM: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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; b* V* i! `) O7 ^  r( j- d3 xL: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?6 y$ _8 q5 E/ z$ Q# |& N" `

! ~' m4 r- G& o# y/ f$ cM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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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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