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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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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。3 n" i+ a$ g8 X. {

+ e9 e/ W1 y$ @0 \! \' DM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.- z1 N1 ?2 N8 i8 T

# e& w# h, Y) @& J" XL: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?
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8 I" R6 \9 S8 Z* e4 p! MM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.3 v7 L+ V- L, e

6 y+ o. e' e% f, SL:(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.% |2 S. B( J( ^% v; p  h
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?+ X, r, f' G# ]0 K5 d) q. A4 l

+ D+ s( B4 @6 \- Q6 HM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.9 w4 C: Z$ j: F* @% Z( Y  {' r
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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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4 o7 d: }4 w! x: mM: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.1 l) Q  R5 N* Q1 n
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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?' K3 X$ n+ z" S/ G; n% e; P
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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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- o& R; _5 U* E8 @6 m/ RM: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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  i; e- [! p5 r' v. F, c, H4 @# UL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!$ Q% Z: K" L' q8 X2 y- R- c& i
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.. T- \5 y/ s. [8 r" J

* N( {, J* Q! V; x! x* i) AL: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。9 G. n/ K$ O$ g7 D8 _. u, @
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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.6 F2 B/ L0 {( k( D# [# P

0 @2 o3 ?, i: Q( zL: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.% o% l+ z$ C- E/ g; g  _
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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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! M7 p8 Q- @: @% [6 t) PM: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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. e3 y& S" A7 w2 g& J, y, R9 _1 d  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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L: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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) ?0 K5 J  }* S% L. z# oM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.9 b8 r: a# c; N$ }( M! \/ I8 K
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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.; z, g2 r. v0 E% u3 m

1 m: a0 m1 E5 ?1 t5 q$ YM: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./ b& B. v/ m: N3 O: D4 E
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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?4 e, v2 p% v) Z% M0 ~
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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!" Z+ d9 W, |0 O
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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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