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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。
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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2 `$ h: L5 L) J: s5 SL: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?8 M: o* `5 C, o# ^2 C6 z# Y

+ N4 ]3 D% ^/ ^( B4 `& {M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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/ g0 R6 j3 ?+ p" d3 `% S! l, dL:(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?. ]  D) m* ?; E- n. n

. u1 W1 p2 W7 wM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.& R9 w; J' F; j7 G
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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, D6 Z; i& n, `4 ~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?
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0 P' q' J6 c9 h" Y5 tM: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.( q% M; D( O6 ]8 |0 P* B% S

9 p6 J, [/ a6 QL: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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; q, d! U4 G) E% }M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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# @' @: B  s. p2 T5 vL: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.
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!6 m& M6 q1 R% a2 R$ D6 B+ u! z0 k* k/ R
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
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/ e" X2 ~1 Z& j; ^; h0 HL: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。# v+ G7 u9 S5 e% _1 |, h* w3 e2 N

2 F" i( r; b" ?. k& P1 b7 u) NM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.6 `$ J8 B" s1 }: Y/ D: W$ y

. g' y. Q$ F& Y& G! }L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?3 i# a/ x- q) ~- k
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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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6 R2 d, {# [9 v) Z* e- pL: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.' v+ x8 Y& g7 l& D! H& O7 u
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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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* V- V$ Y+ V& j1 I$ w9 }1 w4 `* CL: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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. m2 l* h: r* p) U& z3 D) RM: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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; i1 ?, Z1 W2 ^. fL: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.3 D* @; H  U8 Y5 S- `
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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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4 m: v) O( C/ p, [% y7 fL: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/ j& [# V* p7 b" Q. @
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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!& |4 L. L9 |  \+ f. E' ]: ]) F  _
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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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