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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.9 L* I6 I9 U" r2 P, v
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。+ P+ C; G+ C* |" Z- N

$ i- }6 [: ^$ G; W/ }9 M( R7 wM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.* B; J/ R6 U4 K- A% X* r: a

; z  z+ G. `3 _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?3 j& w# e2 |8 a+ e. n4 w

6 U& _0 E% K# @M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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0 J! F+ [* q; ^9 ]5 T2 y' F9 tL:(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?  T1 |, v: m. w1 F  i
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.% S0 n( H9 Q8 H4 A
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?1 _/ R) D' s/ K6 t5 L4 `) }0 w
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.6 ?, ?: C0 n% |" ^  _/ x

" G2 b& m1 u+ n; Z9 }3 n- I. K; eL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?# _# Z0 b$ [- p, D* z) f9 [
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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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. v% H" g' {1 s+ h0 N: ?! `" gL: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?
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8 L# U7 c& q) ~8 Y% {. _) vM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.: N6 i1 b$ o1 u9 V7 |" q& s

1 G# F) r1 e: x1 j5 QL: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。' ~+ [0 U7 R% R6 b- F
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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.$ x$ K1 X. b, H  ~7 _8 T4 K

, j) a; l) _6 SL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!  q1 u/ U" a: e  S6 ~0 }
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M: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。/ `, H1 C% [# d

6 T$ {# W% c' ~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?! x7 T! l4 i4 V
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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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# ]( u6 ?3 a( Z6 q0 TL: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- T! a& u9 c

; F/ m. C0 x! [# {% x% [  \+ ^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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% o+ p$ a. n; `. sL: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?0 V8 C# A& M1 s1 l* z

& ]( o" o, i1 G- u6 f3 i9 g( EM: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。
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3 h7 [- R' x( Q, lM: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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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.
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4 C6 F/ ?+ K1 }- j3 c& 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?
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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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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。7 c% D/ r# f; [; Z

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