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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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- \) W, N9 U) Y) Y5 |( wL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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) L: A" G% \- E) ^8 H2 j1 tM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.6 B, t- c0 j) e3 C0 n

# ~- n8 {& [0 i& h- E/ BL: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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# v% x' g" `$ uM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.- R! h3 o& r" q% R$ l. o
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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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  G3 W  K4 d8 o# ~9 F% F2 P5 I, kM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.2 ^7 n: i# E" k

( b  X; d2 {2 J2 z3 B: {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.
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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.: U; Y" E! k" N
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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?, W& S0 R7 a" U+ _5 n5 W& c5 G
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.* h* `, |0 ~3 _7 k

5 n, k0 ~! K( l, ]8 G' ?5 LL: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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- c5 g2 ?9 C+ f. [$ [2 Q6 v  V$ m7 J" XM: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.1 p$ B8 q( A5 y/ J" n
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!1 e- p, m8 P0 t. b5 b* p

' ^6 S3 V$ ?5 o2 o8 r$ Z( UM: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。
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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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2 {. u# P* W: C1 ~& ]3 vL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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2 t- p2 Z* h8 Q, I9 M* _# y$ |4 DM: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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4 \7 f" Y+ {! j* }& o; S- w9 |, qL: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?9 [, `0 g9 J, N/ T$ B# q
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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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5 k& I6 ~+ L+ _7 {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?0 r" V  Q! v! [; y# T! @. [

2 x, M* ^7 q: H1 QM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?5 }1 e3 m3 O# `6 r* n+ ]4 V

# b: ^! [7 [) t0 Q0 eL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。# f% b8 A7 P+ ^

" r0 Y& d( p9 g! S9 ?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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/ M) }0 k! \) LL: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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2 @8 I; w6 Z) {+ y6 G9 mM: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.2 }! O( k  j6 Q5 g6 W, ^9 O5 ~

, c3 H5 h6 s4 FL: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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* y- _* U+ X* O$ T4 iM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!  `' L1 W8 q6 P% R; o% I

- a; q3 a" B* v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。# _1 B4 D4 _( O8 z! G) H
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