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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.3 I# y  X, V3 w1 M0 t  t

1 n+ g& r6 Z$ R0 T, n$ ?: SL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。  N! W; e  S3 h
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.: Z+ x" u- J% _

9 F8 m/ E/ N, V/ m2 XL: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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: G$ P3 v  \6 c3 Z" H# Y: a4 j+ iM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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. I9 @; u7 d2 v9 o( u4 A  G; 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?
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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?; s, K2 [( K5 F
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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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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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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?3 W* {& H2 Z0 h& O0 t9 t
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms., x1 M0 V1 z/ Z& ?) a
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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。9 m. s5 `1 Z4 a( P! a
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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.# z9 G9 U6 e: P! M

: U7 f6 x7 ?) O5 U( G4 A# w* |L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!/ a+ O6 }+ V; X& t: y9 a; u( _
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.- Q, H. u6 l" ]- k* n: S

$ w; v! A  q4 Y, S; PL: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 e5 }& v& }% e

$ X- a# m2 F9 yM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
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3 d9 }7 M; G% a! VL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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8 j' B# S! ^. Z1 e! L. kM: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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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?/ a  [2 }1 m9 q8 a! ?6 h

: j0 @, e% A' v" pM: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。* l( J7 i  m9 |+ a, e' g- R& R& l
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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." o4 |/ k8 U; g5 i

5 L* Q8 D9 b0 H% G# e/ b. Q8 KL: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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% e) c' P7 t( W1 Z7 sM: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.! k* ]3 H% o( u' {" a2 k! \1 k- _" l' `

6 p$ L' L$ G. r5 h% y! Z, {8 @' iL: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?7 Z. m1 C( S6 y& f! y, _

+ ~1 R. `8 Z8 `& @- o1 N! P/ yM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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6 n1 |7 }9 d8 z' L7 r4 h7 Y* X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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