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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.2 q$ w1 t7 p- O+ R
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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5 M' N0 H( s) c- OM: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?
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.* K1 F' r! I$ t* H2 }

3 ^/ ]2 k# u" Q* l, NL:(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?# \& P& Z5 o% _

1 M) r3 r( T. f/ ~M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?- A8 C4 ~/ q. v8 g5 r

7 V9 f, F. j! x9 g9 ?2 [0 x2 _M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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8 u. s9 N5 v' \0 I0 k! V0 IL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?% v9 w9 |, E, ]# v

8 g+ Y6 o# p! RM: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' [, c  [* r3 K! S3 F1 m

5 j( b' A7 Y4 R9 }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.2 S) j" _5 K9 J0 g; k

7 w, J# u1 v+ G2 Y# u9 [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。$ H$ K% `% W1 F: J6 S

( k9 p  `6 e: N% mM: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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: v# `$ b6 ^" b- o/ \/ ]; U* c4 WL: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.: f, T! F) q, l0 q/ H$ u$ z% `0 L
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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。$ V9 r% E" P# O* n& }+ u6 m* P

0 s+ B% u2 o0 d: E' ZM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
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4 d9 \" X8 o7 ?, ]1 J& ]L: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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& e, C& l# k) f% q2 FM: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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7 G6 O1 Y. k" z4 rL: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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L:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。! h+ N( X+ }; y" v8 c

. e! Z/ v' `: s, ]; H3 z$ GM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.0 k) X0 U0 N2 W/ {6 L; r

3 V. y- E( }9 h9 IL: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.. f: F- }) x9 m. \, ~. E! T4 L

" ~9 ~% I) z; Z) tM: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.8 C$ m6 j' C6 ^& F  r! V

% K  X* Z8 G! d/ M: DL: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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! a! M6 T  B$ x1 M* L% d# gM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!3 Q2 I7 j. T# s. I
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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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