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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.( d# I4 P, T2 h' L" }5 E  }

) e* v, S+ m6 }' u. k( U: dL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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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?& M. O1 t/ h/ P* D4 c; M7 g
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M: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?
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.+ B( P2 @; K  |$ ?" {

7 d, [  v8 K" u, |L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?* L: r/ L) H8 c$ H9 }

2 C. M/ y: H9 j& ]M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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; E+ X5 |* g/ w) j3 q& lL: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.
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2 E3 r$ a8 ]. SL: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.
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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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9 p; K! r$ g( z9 bM: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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2 K$ ~! l1 S8 T, y$ t! ^3 ?# C5 aL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!6 }2 c# j5 u3 g; w8 N

7 q5 P: I6 E8 W/ G  XM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
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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。" Z, y) z8 @  e4 j
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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.2 F9 F8 v4 T# N: O( ^, y
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?& [" W; v# ]9 Q9 K

8 E" [  v# z8 M- u* d1 B4 rM: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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# V) P5 f# Y$ A5 xL: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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5 \! T6 \+ s  ?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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# N: K9 h& _1 c! l) G5 h! ^7 I3 UL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。& h! I  D& K# z: k3 n7 q! S) |

. S9 {8 o. i4 I* V8 WM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.# d! r& T9 u" z

* Y4 y5 ?6 a& y8 w8 n  |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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" ~( L5 D2 X) Q: C0 J8 K- x4 g0 VM: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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. I3 k3 l7 U2 F5 JM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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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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