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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.% K/ U: r( x$ Y0 L6 Y
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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7 Y' A0 o7 l" OM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.1 @4 @0 ?- R0 q( }" i, k
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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?* g% l8 _+ I. E" R  O1 G

9 t) a6 y9 K, j" f8 V5 I: CM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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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?. n8 V. i7 Z( C. b; S# M# U
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
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8 k9 I6 Y. h/ _' gL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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; U& ?( |8 C1 k* Z  ]0 `M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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$ y6 v4 f: n/ \3 {/ e1 D; n3 V( BL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?. v9 K2 E  }8 u0 T- Z8 |
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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." B: Z" z# o$ N( [( w5 G- `
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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。
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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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% `$ g2 N2 F% L! Y2 V$ AL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!+ A7 y( w6 D5 s

; L8 w% Q  J2 eM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.* S& z8 [/ G' l2 `

$ Q) z& w9 _2 q8 z+ p  R" [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。" K4 Z+ a$ G+ @- {  d3 x" _8 x

: d+ n2 l1 w2 X8 s% y7 P, SM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.# _5 z4 a! r' h
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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2 ]' Q. o" H: D: s: ^; s3 i& ~1 zM:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.3 N: M. Q3 Y4 e( Y1 E, a7 X/ U: J
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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?; M  A# p  x1 n7 A  z! u9 m# `

$ {# X8 r) s0 k9 g- K& RM: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.! |6 `6 r  B' v! j0 r

) W. g, I! M2 O( Y7 ]* z2 TL: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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2 X" a( }4 D; u& P7 fM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?( o( O, t9 ~7 P0 P
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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。& `1 s6 S1 y% x3 N
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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.8 K  @6 O0 V. ~5 S3 h( A4 N
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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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+ h  Q! `: _! OL: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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4 |& M1 [9 q% zM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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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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