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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.
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! a7 N- Z4 d! p$ I5 E$ ZL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。) H# ]( m% t7 G$ g0 T' y

' u5 U' u# q# V. GM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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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." E8 k3 k" W# ?- |3 t, k
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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.9 S8 ?- Y2 Q- a! A$ y

. l" i7 f& L  K  B) }% DL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?  i5 R6 k8 P( u$ b6 O: ^1 k
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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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, b3 M/ D! K# L) c8 a, W5 N, \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?7 X* d' h% D, z" G! G3 p

& Q. D3 X0 y1 U9 \6 ?M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.. Z1 a- @  S7 Z, e& V- m9 @# |

+ H) W5 N+ R  |" {/ s6 P  ^) wL: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。% m* O3 e! o# D5 l
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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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4 o" G. O3 c. @L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!
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) v* G5 A5 `4 a; [/ f) J6 Z# wM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
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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。, C1 u$ ]9 B$ M7 ?' E2 e
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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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! ?: f* l8 A. N1 lM: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?' z0 s# B9 l; F" k: t( B5 R! I+ o! H
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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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6 n6 f) S0 P1 v1 a$ a- XL: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?) m7 ?" J6 A: x! U+ {) j  ~
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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?8 r1 t  i2 R' `9 z. R- O6 Y: s

: A0 N9 u4 w5 g. U3 Q1 Y3 HL: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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1 E, p/ g& R0 R7 f6 s5 Q$ WM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.) v8 {5 }8 G1 ?' o  Q6 E
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L: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.0 [5 @# F! x) P6 z' {
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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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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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3 h% k/ w- z; Q8 L  S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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