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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 V- _# D  l3 ?4 ]' x" X* _
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。2 M$ x: a. k( _: K0 W0 B& @( h' ~

/ g/ R% k  l2 T1 a. T" B* p% WM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.+ ?$ m) \) ~1 z/ ]& v
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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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! n* {8 v0 ~- b4 u/ n. 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?
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.. s# B) s9 J7 Y  H# M" b

+ g9 Y2 e& k1 o$ Z3 Y  PL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?/ W8 t* w& y4 S; [- Y
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.: ~0 ^" e+ F/ K* c3 q
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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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4 a% F! t3 y' p! rM: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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4 q4 v( a6 D! B# B( bL: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?- h& Y+ o" P5 E. u6 Y2 s* B2 G5 c

! J- `( X/ }% [; s9 O5 K! ~$ [  dM: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。( X8 e! ~# [; r; R/ ?

9 @! n. z+ a" X" p6 [9 z: R! J/ VM: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.. X1 ~8 k' g* Q% H0 W
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!
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# L$ G- V7 m1 C  m6 WM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
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7 M8 y: R( }7 t; h3 y. mL: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 I: w% n" V2 c
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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.6 C, ?) k' d0 c+ M, x/ z& `: U
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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- u. h  i# N4 v, E" qM: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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8 N* A3 g8 U, A, Y  K8 \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.. V& @3 L6 K( ^: R- j( F& V0 r

. K" o; c( ?) U* Q- VL: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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. e2 `' ^) r. b3 j2 L6 bM: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。3 B5 p) l: I/ @; [# |2 X

! J9 U3 N4 E  Y- ~3 ~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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& b$ [% |; `9 {# W3 e2 ~1 aL: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.; o. A0 b  V) M9 X- {6 E& @

# c5 T! c$ x* q" ]. HM: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.% y- [' w  C. o2 n$ @

& v) G; s$ V! B* UL: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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) x7 q2 F( R, U0 SM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!3 f' q& ]. `! a5 T1 e0 n

9 q8 e$ P# V8 p7 b  z( 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。( h/ X: q$ y+ Q

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