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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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5 @4 @1 e- ?3 y" XL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。9 U9 B8 u/ E" l9 p
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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?! i7 D, \$ `$ `8 {/ f! ^; o. K* s$ x

3 Q) c( Q) m+ {8 H& d( v" H1 a% KM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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1 _, s8 _: G, k5 B4 ML:(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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; x1 \) q2 o0 j4 M0 A4 C) AM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.( W! U7 X4 @# z+ P: B8 e& t
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?4 }5 y5 _: D6 q" v
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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# f+ U) @, s# W' O- V! a& P' YL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?; |) v9 m7 u% Q! v& E9 R3 E6 l- C2 C. e

, V0 y1 c, [4 c) j4 N5 yM: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.- G/ T) q  p. ~

  P0 N9 a4 z  T) k% {' D% f' NL: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.! H% Q; X; Z! R5 P# c
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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。7 d5 |5 ?* g. ]: v
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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.
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!; t' R, m/ R6 G: g3 n, H

2 R) \( l) l- ~6 X5 P5 t0 mM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip., I1 M/ I% W1 a/ c2 ]& q
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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.; o. w6 R) U1 \8 Y% u7 E9 R
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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7 o4 H( Y: f; k  b; jM:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.; R3 M8 ~' l( g0 \, \% S: f7 x) d
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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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5 Q4 z. a7 X1 s% hM: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.4 w# s( ^- r! B  e2 c! o9 Y
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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?8 u, w" j% ]2 f' K8 J0 e* Y/ S4 U

# f. }- L; }6 q9 MM: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。) A' ?1 n; r0 c9 e$ g! Z  n

7 J& B. i6 u1 ^4 n# ^" C8 m5 oM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.! H, X2 A* F1 Y  q
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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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& {  j& g% S, H& ^1 ]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.4 {3 h: M! \4 L% i+ T) K) v$ w$ Y1 s

" H( j9 ]. x. X! X, IL: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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( Q/ }7 h5 D, C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。. L8 l* o5 o) V, C$ l+ G

: Q/ C. ]% o+ w2 FAudio as following:
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