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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.. t' B/ u$ G1 W# C6 s8 f; e  N3 ~
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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1 M! @3 |# L; J. EM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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; R! \; u+ p) n" z9 N& X5 H$ X" `; LL: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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% s. _( L$ ]1 P# M% x, Z& z( cM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.3 O& w- a* k0 R. s9 g

* J# ?8 v  o' G! p  OL:(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?( ]" q' q) N$ w

, X/ _; g# G# r* uM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
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8 j0 J* b8 G1 z+ Y& E( j# d+ kL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.% ~5 q  x1 ?: n# P6 W7 @& X
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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?2 j. H" S* a/ Y1 m

& _# e( P% G  N7 wM: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.& _7 g, z  T: p9 j1 ^
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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?8 b5 q1 s0 p2 K( B' k6 l9 v5 _

0 L8 O. T4 `& o! z+ I2 X6 |M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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  p6 P% H! C; A$ t5 t2 W: 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。
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: r) G2 S1 J8 U( M4 bM: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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, M* z% |) ?" k) T9 qL: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.
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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。0 m3 T. i3 H* T) P+ d& }6 }# A3 Y' \/ `

& p- b: Y/ w/ a% O7 XM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
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! `0 G  _7 l$ TL: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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9 x& G4 X4 E8 S% V/ jL: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?
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: R4 `. J% B! B$ f' \' V9 K' x) ?0 SM: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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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?# w6 {3 L/ x* W7 t: p
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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?) U- P# }& e: e/ h6 q/ a9 |6 y
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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。% O) s: m# X, F, F) T# E! m
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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.
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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.3 }& |6 s9 r# M* v) g, P# ?- u
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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?  [/ F& j$ E0 @7 x/ O
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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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. S( y3 E- r2 ]6 t% _- }, h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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