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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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% R2 J, Q) H% p8 eL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。8 @) j# G. U* a; B
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.. _' v" w9 d" Y. U
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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?4 L- s  H: |7 S: x
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way., b4 J% C2 m; F# z
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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.
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: z/ z$ E5 M1 S9 S0 U# d# T. p; QL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?0 w6 a+ l* }! \; a
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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?5 r- g# C1 U* t) W' `! E$ U
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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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/ j; n3 m# Q- G* M, YL: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?$ S- ~% J* T5 q* n& T6 D

( H- L; [: k! L. f% t' z" \2 B; BM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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" F/ t6 E& t  K5 Y; M( L: f% h/ Z9 g/ KL: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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5 q% a  T- }( 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.
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& e5 b/ y' Z3 a. kL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.- W" P5 f  ^4 b5 K  o1 ]

# S1 ?1 I. j) P* `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。4 h& P7 [. x3 W% L5 H$ ]8 P1 z

0 t( ?: V$ X2 t! @% t1 QM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
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. U! i* B5 ~; Z( N6 U; Z5 XL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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( z3 p4 @! A% w$ |M: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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& a3 r/ `- e4 y  H1 T- M' oL: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?8 J  `3 {6 M6 s% O4 r( g) p
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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.) e, z4 O( P: f+ t+ [, D3 L
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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?! \+ X* x% v7 h

$ u4 Q5 U9 q8 f9 O* UM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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: Y# L5 J' h/ r" J" E4 N( dL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。8 b# p0 D0 t7 f+ h5 p0 F3 E  X; V
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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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) ]2 r1 V( h3 ?' q7 e9 d* fL: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.! [. U5 ~4 `/ ?+ t" D" T% M

2 z0 i4 l: ~1 k" p7 @+ ~) {6 kM: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?  f$ b& L2 ?$ P0 L2 D( T& O" i) q

5 E5 N9 t8 y+ J* V+ a! RM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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4 Z/ _' `7 A$ @- I% E; _! y- L2 X, v5 q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。6 S7 J3 G, @; y3 c0 @: J7 I( u

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