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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 }1 k. o% C6 n: `
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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.; h7 s% f' @" r: B7 ]
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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?
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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.
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- s8 Y( D* X% ]( o* x4 Q0 Z) ?L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?/ e' A$ h( M$ j& z$ m" r* c, q* W

; J* I1 b( X3 _; u* I; jM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted./ J  s. s- a: b0 ?% e- i" i& E0 b

6 I! t1 f1 N( `  gL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?3 R% T) z0 R) [: D* A5 x

4 T! h) F% W# h. _) A1 eM: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.! u7 c/ v) b; j  O

9 _, ^& D. I( T' K# V$ xL: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?) q: t( Q( |' W" B3 ?, F

: g, k: ^, w7 n" o8 }4 EM: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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; ?5 x* I4 e" e: A( |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!& z  s+ D7 |' r; i

! v2 E( D  i2 lM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
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' }1 b; h( t( q! ?" ^1 Z- CL: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。' ~: r3 e6 d! Z9 W# \/ ~# p9 s
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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.8 U, r2 k  S  h* h  j" F
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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.
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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?, q! _. g8 E; Y: m

" R% `+ c- |1 e0 c8 xM: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?
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0 S* Q% l) w# XM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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- Q$ N4 K: M- c: u$ ML: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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) z, l8 x! T, [3 v) hM: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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. T* O' `# Q! R. H! h: L: JL: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.7 a6 T$ Q" W2 y" i
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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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: {' Y1 U) b* RL: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?* [' ]8 w2 g. f- t3 ]4 M

% v: @; T. `! c, [M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!8 X+ k; Z) M* P" x- {7 b" |& }  z

/ R8 q( T& \, p4 z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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