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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。* I4 v# t' b7 K( n0 |6 g: T8 D0 G
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.) d, n$ T$ ]% u. v0 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?
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3 x( S: X/ G7 Z# c" DM: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?% f$ t4 c+ P3 O/ [
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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?
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.4 M. d' t4 p; t7 q+ {" t

" S3 X5 I: G6 EL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?! O* d4 Z" }2 z3 L" W9 [6 X# a% @- R
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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.  V4 w/ C# t: q, C: u$ p/ }9 u( ^: G

* o8 E- }" k" V! O: s8 v/ {# PL: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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9 G0 u' W! c. l6 A) C: j% gM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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$ r3 F  g. o2 j: ~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.- Y4 c4 a  J0 v. ?0 {3 }2 f

/ z9 B( A% ?! f% F9 X% G4 x! `- \) Q) EL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!
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; a/ j+ ~" ]1 ]4 @* u1 y6 rM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.# o6 Z% w' @$ W' e. b6 E

& `- c- q1 V* H9 Q4 b  s( `* X3 rL: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.3 S! W6 r: }- E8 ]4 [

/ i7 b5 H/ I1 Z4 D& i# @L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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9 o1 N0 P, |( Z: [  F9 ~/ C" @5 wM: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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4 E1 ]4 w: a( ]# O6 b* h4 kL: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.
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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?
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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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$ x6 b( S7 v" ?& J9 d5 ]M:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.1 S0 |1 C' n) X+ v, o
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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.
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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.# i: c- p. ~: W, q! `" B  Z

  z5 O4 O0 \, }5 AL: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?* p$ X* J% h: z5 D$ M$ ]6 l( M& w

$ L4 R  ]: w6 H' y7 c7 ~M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!" J; ]3 ?$ |" v1 o- ]4 N- T

, S' U  s. j! ^9 M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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