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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.! q) G5 Y( A$ o- a" J
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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.& a: ?& Z5 Y' @# Q0 x
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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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% G* v" A/ M+ n2 l8 XL:(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?, J3 z6 B. B& }. K3 Z
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.+ |6 a1 n. s" j5 i. ?
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.+ M/ w! ^+ b, Z9 U' Q  N

& `! c" R- {0 F' Q9 L" \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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* _- V( L8 m, o" vM: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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5 T# y: l5 Q+ I0 f! PL: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?* l0 y! C3 j) Z

% l% O. Y/ T# J: E/ m5 x2 iM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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. m' d% r" m7 S& |0 M' ?) tL: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!# j2 m. L' t7 `1 u

; }- T* _, \2 y& LM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.: ?0 W0 u2 e' ]; [0 K
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L: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。8 Y+ G2 F$ [8 s0 Z

9 m1 s+ H' Z) `7 VM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.- ^  Z- j" Z1 r5 i- C
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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.9 d- t& A9 A" v) w: ~7 `1 z0 j

; U+ G* U" H4 F' n6 w6 R3 uL: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?" N) P# x0 W" A7 c

$ k) Q: V8 [  y$ @/ qM: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.! a8 Z; N8 W- e3 X! n) d

6 d; z6 `8 j: NL: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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L:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。# T" w5 t+ u7 t7 E" ?8 o' K6 w8 N
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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.( Y0 J! L5 l5 h% b) Q

5 D4 m6 Y6 @4 u6 V8 n( 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.
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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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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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/ n# E6 `! N; ~+ n: {M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!* b( ]. w9 ~  V4 J

3 w% `4 n0 w7 i% y9 x7 u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。2 ]2 }5 \& Q$ [! Z0 k( E& j

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