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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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" @; F5 X; b6 q( G' ]4 \( rL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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! W+ J+ U/ T6 fM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time./ P, W3 Q9 G" p  Z! X) T

: ~# _3 c! h2 d5 [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?1 T0 q. h7 m- G* N

, @/ I+ V, f3 j# _' {0 xM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.+ I9 p6 K7 e8 G5 e

. g: B3 C: s! v- [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?4 G0 P& D. G2 i! c
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
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  B: [8 W) }& B7 W* f3 T$ NL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?  W; K( {0 r6 J& w1 E& Y/ E
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.! b/ [. U6 j5 a
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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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! S% y- l2 g9 \5 Z- M5 V. V; VM: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.0 F! A; n4 _& z& y. a6 W4 p, s5 ~

0 D8 I4 N: H" J4 HL: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?4 |  U9 l4 Q+ H% R+ l

; ?, f4 B8 Q! L8 HM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.3 l. C. B- T1 d) _9 X  G
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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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  s( ~- x% Z- l. \  q' S0 ^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.% g$ e1 s1 d/ F; ?# v. z' L' f, M
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!
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4 y8 ?4 S' {$ g: m/ Y+ j8 MM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.3 S  Z- q( v; e5 y

0 b( J7 y. X0 kL: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。8 m& y6 V3 @! q3 C+ s
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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:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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9 x# C4 y( @6 @. O+ T1 J) PM: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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# D( i+ |1 ]4 V8 Z4 \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?& E. l& L$ M& ^5 z' G8 {3 l
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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.) z' K+ S& N8 Z1 v! K0 E

" v" H  u7 J9 W8 z' eL: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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& J4 _! {. R# L( |( YL: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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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.
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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.* B9 \& |3 A  g7 T! J. R
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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?# z+ ^+ i  Q% O# M

( }& B2 i; \# ^+ s& v' e( wM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!7 n1 J$ I/ b; L- j8 D9 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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