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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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; w6 E$ H+ Q0 [/ \5 UL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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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?5 ]$ \+ G6 o3 |9 [7 i0 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?
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.% O7 C0 N7 v5 w$ i$ q  S. k9 Z7 [& h
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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." [, G- n& E7 N" P6 y
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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?0 U( T: C# {3 ^1 C$ Y# H2 E

3 U* @  k" [" b8 t4 ]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.& J) G7 ~/ G- w6 a0 i

* L- E+ s+ f* S/ ML: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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5 N2 N& P4 Q/ O+ pL: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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1 ?- n; P6 x7 f% Q0 A, g& K9 dM: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.0 f1 ^* J4 B' q) ?0 d- t

) }" f! L! A+ X7 O# bL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!( `  |" w$ Q- m( \$ i

* t2 P6 V7 `/ |, R4 Y9 lM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.2 [- e' s1 b1 A' h! T8 a7 m
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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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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.8 Z  ?# {. k7 X$ z

1 ?- w" k1 r0 u5 @) ?L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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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.- b! X5 {# U% p* u) B
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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?7 `* X; s- |. E7 O

' I6 [: I+ t7 r8 ~3 X( [% xM: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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) X4 y4 l: M4 g: c% S  q8 bL: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?% {1 `2 m+ E) @- X7 S
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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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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.& [) D6 n  g5 ?9 e* J% W9 Z

3 \5 Z% `8 J3 R' n' ]1 JL: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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/ J. D0 _/ j7 BM: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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( v7 G0 I' c& f/ K2 t4 j9 iL: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?! O2 J4 t2 T' Q( |

1 B4 e9 O( v5 N4 O$ v1 kM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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7 i8 q4 I( m! D# H6 s4 X- G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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