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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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! O$ [3 Y- Z: m+ ~- H& p' m6 kL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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1 |$ K! W. S5 ?) B6 w/ [M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.2 R# i) k& Y: A$ x% Q

# ~4 ~' P  i! }1 lL: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?* U' L* U8 I% `

: D$ k; K! t5 t) ~4 OM: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?/ ?$ D, @( c, L+ p5 \3 L3 A
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.' u" U3 x# g1 n
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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, a5 b3 X4 V% S: m8 w# _& o, [+ pM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.$ k" D0 B7 o0 A" t) p* g7 Q0 ]( i

3 ?1 M3 ~3 c+ y& V4 GL: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.% S: W/ M* x" \+ c8 b
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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?
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.0 h7 }$ f6 o) s+ y4 ?
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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。  t7 `3 `) m' f) Z; ]6 p4 O! R& I) P

9 M, E( j1 H7 N! n0 `; sM: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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L: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.7 d6 _8 O+ U2 Z7 r. \; O' b

6 K; R; |& [( E/ ]1 A$ K* lL: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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. y3 b. y, u% X1 N  x  R' o, v1 `M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.7 y) J5 y0 H9 ^) U' o  R1 J# S
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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./ `1 ^4 h) O9 _: q

$ {, U  x- v# X; o0 fL: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?2 C1 u: x' P; r2 z& L' ~5 Q
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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.7 o  v' \& C) S

: _9 {; _4 \2 n. q6 ~  n: }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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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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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。3 t" a: z: v' O7 y/ Z

7 d5 |; X2 x  [! K/ n/ N; vM: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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: M$ J6 x+ l5 N  \8 RL: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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4 C# x$ g9 u3 ]. M) @5 ?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.
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8 F  M" ]( y; O' Q- ]. CL: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?
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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!, p  W0 ~- h) G' s

. A% P" K5 b2 B; F" D) k, w7 |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。# T, }7 o9 K: C2 X# W1 f

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