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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.$ n5 k, w. H0 R: g: A7 u
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。. ^  E# j" v6 [

9 [. y+ P" q5 lM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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6 @/ p% r( u( j; r5 Y0 x+ PL: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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% A1 k% Q' {5 w  b$ |0 Q6 kM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.) E6 F0 p6 \" P  [+ K/ V9 |
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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?% w. @; i9 l- S* I4 x2 q" N
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.  [7 n. j+ X! i6 d

5 j' c8 Z- }7 Q& V! E8 n+ B5 XL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?4 q, v; W# Q! {2 X6 M5 g
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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?* q2 T4 A( W$ I) B: s3 y7 f

5 r4 p9 D8 x4 }% SM: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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- ^  h% Q5 K3 m# OL: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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0 p& w3 B$ u( o" ]7 W  R! ~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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1 t$ m) P8 l5 }- t$ a) F2 k7 M" ~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.1 B' J5 l* ^) P9 |
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!' `  V# a0 a7 q* |$ i% x0 [

0 Q8 b" D0 I  C9 h7 L  i7 @) R; E* VM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.7 v8 A, l6 {7 T0 s
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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.
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( R0 W4 @0 l' P/ p8 j( J- PL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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" Y5 V* S; r) E- |  vM: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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% Y9 q& i% W& ^7 d9 M5 JL: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.. c3 t  L5 d8 `4 `2 H
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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?+ T6 v0 n5 m" N0 n3 j

! [  B" k* i* KM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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( |8 k# p6 I% ]- ?/ bM: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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. p7 d4 u! l# _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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2 |2 K( U# a7 S# eM: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.1 N$ d7 n; b6 ]/ w( E4 t% y: M
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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?" S/ e6 T* V% L7 O; x

' E9 j( Q8 d' TM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!4 m5 Z" D  E/ a* T! v& J4 {5 `4 Z
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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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