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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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7 `% Q0 I1 F  k. FL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.& [5 S9 r/ F" m5 E2 g; G/ p: {% q# ~

. Z: T: u, a& N# X$ p5 V& HL: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?' M  z6 u/ M0 D7 m

9 q' I" g2 t4 V* YM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.2 c" x% M2 K# V2 W1 M4 s; \  D
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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?/ b, ~+ ~( y; c8 Z$ H1 l. A
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.8 J0 T+ \: L3 I1 }* ~, N4 w' i
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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% i, \/ ~$ u* D7 OL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?
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2 F' H! w" }3 s* 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.
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) [7 v. G/ K) qL: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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$ t6 Y. d: @1 g: ~: l$ L- TM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.% N- ^! E/ F- m% q0 M- R, N

+ c3 a' K0 P0 j) mL: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% ?4 _- YM: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.4 s1 i& Q; B9 w9 ~+ j+ s

& L9 B" |7 P8 n9 {9 [7 }' fL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!! {  O$ `# O5 u" o+ w0 i

+ m! m* [2 e$ lM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.) T- e3 y/ i) b- [3 N6 L" `

6 @. {# a+ }: a+ h* ~0 XL: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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, D* ^( ~/ P* X. eM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
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* y0 E6 ]3 V7 w5 }# L4 eL: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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" I$ w. |* m, e/ k+ eL: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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M: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.9 R5 c, H, D) {* v2 U
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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?1 Q! W; a$ r$ I; M

+ \3 S# A3 ~3 \1 X7 GM: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。. h3 p3 E' X  f2 X

" l% U( V5 r7 Z" c1 ?3 IM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.3 w5 k" n4 W) J+ s2 Q8 [
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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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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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8 f# _$ I& c4 ~9 N1 E, m* l$ N' EL: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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M: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。" n1 ^& p: ?1 r1 W  ]0 U5 |' ^

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