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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.+ i6 {" {+ l- g7 [1 {+ W. ]

5 ~8 G) P& k; T* vL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。/ h, N! J: I8 m8 ]& g! S
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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+ ^" ]+ ^# ~; H- `* r' ?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?  r6 F1 S0 @% R+ z  z3 |

; \& K8 c- X1 N6 IM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.. H2 k! ^4 u  d8 v

. I; x8 r; x: iL:(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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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.. s; N7 W" x9 _2 n8 q  L
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?/ Z- C/ H) {! S; p3 ^  N
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.! \+ Y- `! ?  S2 J4 S
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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?2 A' \8 e( J; {' l0 E% S2 L+ L

- B, H( S3 {7 z- mM: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.
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2 j: J* p7 M% i) H  W+ AL: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.. K% J. y2 [$ x4 o% S
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!  y: b- r! g) k" L5 b% b, t' }
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.9 `; t; j3 W; l6 M" z
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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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$ `; S) k2 A# G; `M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
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/ l2 @. _3 ~" t1 k6 l" Q! SL: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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  S# l0 t* G" L+ ~% O' h; vL: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 j' U& m! H: Z+ h3 R+ Q& z& eM: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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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?
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$ _% Z0 E1 [3 PM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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- C$ h9 I; e2 o& N9 E5 }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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, S: F- h! A6 `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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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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/ c2 p- c! l, ?8 \' m2 \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?
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( q% L; O2 T. U7 y# v% vM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!/ Q: H( b- D& d2 k; I/ z5 S/ c/ X9 s
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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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