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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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+ l8 Y+ o  J" V4 Z1 B, ]/ FL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。" @3 C; E4 m8 k- V7 O1 r

8 I, K; G9 j/ X# I( x& ?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?2 _) \7 y3 O7 W# }) a7 U
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.6 W# R( x. i6 t4 j

7 Q5 x( O2 i. Y; s# M) VL:(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?) C6 @& ^+ d# t

+ _. E( t. \; M1 ]9 X! \M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
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& t+ t1 G# S2 {  O$ J2 @" Q; M  nL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?" p& [7 V5 q4 q, K3 Q6 {. R

$ |6 v$ S0 n' G6 V3 J4 Y( P$ B" H3 X" UM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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! z, l5 f& c1 r- N, Z8 kL: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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0 A1 e& S4 S/ ~! D2 e4 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.
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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?8 Q2 u: m" G% b& i

1 y! w" f2 ~4 ]5 {4 _M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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. x2 I1 b5 g  Q! J/ oL: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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/ |! v8 o  A: z  U8 A' GM: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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- S0 S3 `$ y( h) m2 o7 ~* U+ tL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!+ ^: v  v$ p* U; O

$ `6 G. h2 F. X* O; H- bM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.0 R  ?5 v2 ^# `3 z7 y- R4 C
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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。5 v2 F/ |* i& y3 T1 }
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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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, N. i8 X" w! W; x1 n, k3 k( M. LL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?3 Z4 W1 ~% T6 B# E8 t
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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.
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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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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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, q7 a7 V# E& m/ h; r1 v. Y! s2 ^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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/ h+ `1 _# `5 e7 ?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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, A; A* b! d( v+ [, C, zM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.% W: Y8 q8 Q8 }8 m

, E% M. t: i7 f+ ?2 iL: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.
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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?
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, f4 h1 n! F5 q- N/ aM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!+ F2 E4 C; {7 z+ F( `7 N: c1 E

1 ~" Y8 o( u- t' `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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