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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.- t! d. C8 {' F/ r1 @" q
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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./ a7 O% \6 B% h* E
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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?4 {  H& l9 s6 x" h+ z
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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; T8 z) p# H  b0 W4 I6 a; T% rL:(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?$ j6 c( [. T1 {7 s$ R9 G
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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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# S) r" R. H( K2 [" gM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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3 |) ^$ P' N6 Q/ e0 t& B  D9 DL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?- y$ k; B' s1 V4 w+ z

& D% w( `0 P  n' CM: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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3 C# i$ A; o3 Z  m0 J" wL: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。: n: i7 e3 S1 i; ]* F

  w2 N; b7 S) M  v4 s6 n3 F* t% lM: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!
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  t0 m/ H% }+ j) {3 EM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
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1 E# M' O7 Q% g7 aL: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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7 w" U/ |8 I8 fM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.  z. [! |0 t; {
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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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.& v0 J* W* [3 u' J& ?1 h

/ b+ {8 F7 e* c8 L1 O' bL: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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. j: A: _' J  W$ M5 Z2 |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.) r3 X/ C$ S" u' n8 r. v
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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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7 w1 S: F) X% B3 lL: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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M: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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* H" Y) v+ S8 j6 U& L+ dL: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.6 _% L, v/ F% B7 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.5 \1 W; b2 Z( I

- r8 n/ Y) I6 U: n& A- l; }9 u. \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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! B) v$ D" I, zM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!* t# }8 s0 ^) C$ g

: N& h1 y, |' J* t8 O: \+ {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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