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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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& J7 U2 I" ~. [( u% i2 uL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。% c8 p2 r% O; g) e0 C" b9 L
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.8 o8 a2 m4 |( k+ O9 A- k

# P% p; {. z. uL: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.! |6 V  e  z. l  O+ U! X

7 x! o  R: P4 o; G- pL:(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?, _( v: g4 k! M6 g+ t1 X

( f$ l* s7 o# {9 S$ k, YM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.$ T) J) O7 Z# m5 ]* @

) v! s$ J' f9 d# |! k: PL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.7 U3 H' @3 Q3 g3 N6 p2 O5 K$ ^8 X

4 h3 u& Z. p4 U% n) ?/ A* n  PL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?/ d" L- a' h; v5 ?. w/ @1 P
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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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" }2 f( }' |' c% i* b+ R0 Y$ ^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.: l1 G5 n) E  z. S& D

" B- v. i1 T7 G5 a: {& I( ZL: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。5 ^( @) F5 k# a  o0 E) ?  h  L
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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." ^* P% Z1 \4 C2 B9 \0 `

7 S( J& N3 {' d9 h$ ]: TL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!+ m( ?% v1 n9 k: Z) H/ U

. h4 o# u2 k# W3 e* X& ?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。
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& k8 F5 O. }& f& U9 H7 U+ fM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.7 |# Z& b  X0 e( t' F% ]4 b8 t

0 h6 e( L8 E& ]2 t/ O4 |* UL: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?
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! w/ `- v1 i7 m( l" `" x* QM: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.- L: U  x) d1 Z: `0 O% a7 L

- Z, E# x7 x' {0 H" |/ K6 |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?* D7 w+ _* g  l& j) g

( D, ~1 W$ Y$ _" pM: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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M:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion." J& H1 I" `9 h" ]
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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., ?7 K; e! o% Q6 k9 F+ C9 ?$ \2 ]
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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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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?! M0 S, @! |- V0 j0 Y  U
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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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) F) J( Q$ o& F# [) u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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