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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./ z' x9 m- G$ r, f1 i
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L: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.. d- D  ], ?% Y1 o: R& R# n0 `
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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.- x8 t3 j: \+ t
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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?4 u; z! k+ T& Z9 z+ _' `

) Y" Q4 N2 Y: J9 lM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
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" e' |! w: r5 U4 |' {$ J1 o8 u; DL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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2 p1 @$ b. h8 F& _2 HM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.; ]8 O( o; `; h6 n
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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?4 h% ~& ?  r1 e3 g  ~

0 a" [  D5 r- N3 nM: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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8 I8 @" v/ ^5 D5 I/ }3 G6 PL: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.7 N0 x' n# i! u" d4 ?/ y3 g

$ Y- b6 N* H  F* U) \# }8 |3 X% e) zL: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。  A0 B/ W" n4 }# M7 {) T, V; 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.* r. d; h& H6 R
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!# J+ Q* ~$ q; A# _3 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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8 \) F- h9 T( ?* o& yM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?3 D8 W$ Q1 @/ A/ N5 d
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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.. E! B* _0 R/ c+ h$ {7 z$ [

# J4 ~- n7 V( @5 QL: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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, R0 K; {+ i* G( m  [5 V" t4 t% `6 GM: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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4 Q+ L% h4 N" P! ]4 ]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?- e) ?1 ~" ^5 k

" h- N( o3 [# p6 B/ S4 PM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?; y8 ?! i0 N2 B; f/ q
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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。3 X+ M, ?/ ]* b+ K3 c% ?; K
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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." `7 ~, {' x; q/ W, H1 R  ], Q

. ?. e. }2 E: W: BM: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.$ h1 o1 m" y$ y& K

5 i* b: W" c! W( r5 Z7 BL: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?% V3 G5 B' `) ~  a/ e& g' |

' d7 ~4 a: Z: H4 |* aM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!  v( l( C0 l) Z# A. i

! F3 C( X' L! \; N; [. u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。/ y: }) z4 J! o; b9 {

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