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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., `  X$ |/ E! C) X9 t8 M. C
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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' }1 o2 m, V/ o3 s0 WM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.8 ^8 G  Q5 |$ a" T2 F. c. d

9 R6 G- H0 o$ `$ t6 o# GL: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?) K2 v7 m/ ]& o" M( B) H2 j# b

* @  P8 w6 [5 D( ~M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.% p. i6 I8 w* L
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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?2 c4 C6 u+ 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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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?: r' s0 n$ L. V9 k. n
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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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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.- e6 e; b3 o2 S: [

" F6 _) I% F% l2 ?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?. }0 ^; t$ P2 D$ [+ c/ F

3 K+ u) Y% f4 g  jM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.9 h; _. X6 E( ?6 L
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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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, n0 E( M( j8 \- v0 a, B( m$ AL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!3 [7 v& z( O4 n' j* D

8 |& x3 {7 }4 X) p4 zM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip./ A, B+ N9 g" j
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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。8 l) q# ^4 B) b% ^5 Z8 f
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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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" n0 l* M) ~) o  k! i( t  XL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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& s0 }* y; q+ i' kM: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?
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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.; p# S, R) o* _0 W+ C* ]
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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?3 m, s' t1 d6 V( V7 A
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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?& c* C% E0 p0 {
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L:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。- X' ~) P  `* X8 u
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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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: u% @6 i8 a/ T! N7 g' m+ kL: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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. x+ I4 U5 H7 W3 K& ?9 vM: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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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?; A5 _" D" f+ n" c. b

1 U' A' n- ~( T7 IM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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% p& ~2 @. J( c  t9 d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。/ h: j* Z- [( B' ?  w8 H4 S

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