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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.# N. `; k5 U: ]# x, S/ D, R
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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.
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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.. M, ^0 U* N2 {, y4 a2 g4 p
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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?" G# X6 [, r2 {; z6 F

: D% Q2 r2 Q& r* B' }' d6 MM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.+ k$ G: h$ O$ a$ s4 @
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?7 s: H& F) {4 n# v7 b
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted./ L8 F# r4 t! Z; g
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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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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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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?
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.# R8 B" i3 I( k  E0 q! d4 [% B$ n
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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。0 i5 Q; @% Z; c+ v% z# r/ ~

: @& K; `$ o& F, \/ l. x. LM: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!. V! B. B) T* `8 `3 y3 A
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.. r$ P" K/ P4 z- e. r( S
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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。7 w  N# c3 T6 |4 J' c3 H3 e/ e: Y
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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.& x% u! c( s; i) _4 `; h5 P% M

9 A9 P1 _/ P$ ]2 y6 {5 AL: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.
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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?, \! W2 s/ N1 u! d; A( m

0 K& P0 Y7 X* XM: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.' h: `! Y- Q  O
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L: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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M:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.4 |5 m+ P$ \1 @* Y
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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.% Q* b/ z1 L6 [3 o  S8 G

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3 O" o" |) I3 r4 a2 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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# Q4 W. N* q" Z8 B, F6 CM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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. Z* ~4 }  }- b1 Q" A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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