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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." U2 f, ?) m0 Q

) K) }, A/ F& EL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。% d, ^" d( I+ H

/ V& q5 G% }4 Q, \5 kM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.8 n' ^! ^1 R8 q# }1 \9 k

2 c, e# o5 y5 U+ p) B# EL: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?5 m1 m: s: Q( ~" t* j+ ]

" C( y! y2 O1 VM: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/ p3 G. z: \4 t& M: v* V: EM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?8 @+ w' R$ l0 {; J2 y' o

) G, h" [0 o2 I1 I+ q3 @* MM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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5 z, w4 Y) f; T5 M# r1 {9 gL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?; J+ ]' O( z8 N
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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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; C3 K' Z! F4 f+ |0 B4 vL: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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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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4 J$ M9 G  h9 a  r; l# m3 @6 sL: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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! F# f; |! r  uM: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.8 B' ^1 |5 p$ k& b6 C# S
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.9 z: X# P% q0 z! _

1 T9 o2 @# y3 e% j& jL: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。6 O0 v4 {$ a  T1 f2 y
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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?- ~& N0 M) e2 L& \

# A) l+ S7 h; a, N/ r, P! SM:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.( S! A/ @" ^9 X! c, T% n# t

% y! U' T2 k4 ]5 @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?5 {* o$ K& B. J  D7 j; E# H

$ {" P5 [( i0 }5 e2 E6 M6 C' _7 `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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$ F/ u) Y' Q' DL: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?4 I$ V& w' W7 D. B+ B
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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?& E$ t7 ~/ D: \/ B& N( Z- w7 z

, W: Z$ N  L1 r/ G  I% dL: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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  l  d: P3 }, Y9 |M:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.5 m" X6 e% o1 r: o9 ]

3 B% S  _6 x+ Q( Z0 L7 ?7 \! GL: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.1 r: M3 J; @3 d6 M/ G# @, K

# P5 }% o# B' Y# ~. u3 dM: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.1 `8 ^# B, H0 {' ?& N( h1 ^1 i

4 ?8 _, r5 R' V9 s" 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?, a5 @/ ^6 H8 A) `: u
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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!5 T  G* p  n% d: D

/ U/ D, l! J) H, W/ R5 k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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