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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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4 w4 J6 ^5 e# mL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。! u4 P) A! L4 P$ C4 ^4 ^

% t4 h( o6 {+ c0 \5 UM: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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: T3 R  b/ f8 W7 L5 z( BM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.- p- A7 A+ l, Q, f

" e# @" M, x* V( ]/ Y: m7 |+ YL:(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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0 m* ]; D8 B& _" v! s* dM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.4 X9 }! M( X; Y: G% W( V
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?/ C5 |! {9 s* m0 @5 B

7 z! I5 ]* J/ c5 xM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.& A) I; g( r1 Q$ _, ]; u

/ ^8 i( ?9 {. H6 n, \L: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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: K/ U: _5 x0 E2 Z" d! C+ e) N* d- `% CM: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.$ I' q$ z( ~1 E0 Q. }' I
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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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' X1 d. \1 a3 ?, m6 z  mM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.# F6 Q8 k( w: c, n

) h. M5 k5 G- ?) cL: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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% w( g& k3 s  M0 OM: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.  ~5 V: o/ H4 ~1 A3 U+ R
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!5 b, w/ r, p( i

* j) _- r% L* JM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.8 Y4 u, E, I# u& p$ |) m

* i- k; @$ H3 d2 W9 S+ }7 |: B3 i" i' UL: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。5 p9 y/ V+ H: p+ U: r

+ u! X0 U- L7 x8 K& G8 ]' ]M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.- ?3 B1 |& t3 o; Q7 k

# q7 q" h2 S& G6 {L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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. o/ B% h& z% Y3 q8 i' O$ YM:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.% p, }! l$ F5 g* g/ c- T6 n
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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?$ G% ]$ x; y$ ?7 q, O

3 M6 G5 R4 c- t2 E( AM: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?2 y. y: Z0 v7 _9 `  G" t

" N1 t# Y3 D/ \0 w6 zM: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。8 S0 v7 g# o7 z+ P3 F5 }7 ?4 P; J
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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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# V' U! n& J! x1 oL: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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3 I- _  W( L' U/ j" [4 Z0 ?8 jM: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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1 M3 d' _* t* p; W. @3 pL: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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' t) N; _, q: f! QM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!* h: L' f6 r6 Y2 p; G( C
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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。9 [/ o6 l/ S- F( K+ ~( K+ \7 S3 L1 Y

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