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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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9 g; Y$ `$ d+ O* g( VL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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  w" W# ]: L% ]- u, WM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time./ W+ E) S$ [2 o3 |- I$ k
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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?/ g2 P1 }2 e* y% a

8 }0 W3 q5 H: |3 M# TM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way., G6 s. I0 l, W+ x" N

/ Y1 t# u/ @# v9 p, v+ ?- GL:(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.! ~0 ]1 F/ u' p5 f) y
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?, r7 w" G5 }1 {7 z
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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" O$ @/ X" s, {2 dL: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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M: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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$ Y2 q3 G5 }3 r1 L/ GL: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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' g4 Y9 Q$ m. 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.
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!; Y) E: R: P' _$ V) [( w5 C
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip./ a- [2 m7 d) G# V" w/ n
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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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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.; ?, k  e4 W& h; _3 V
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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?( E7 G9 B/ s- J! d
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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.
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7 v: z; [/ ^; e. a( C6 UL: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?9 e. \4 J& e( M. u

* m: `6 y! A  }8 p- w& r' W" fM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?0 w& e6 y- B  u; U  j
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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。. `$ v9 E) r- ^9 v- {
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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.2 T: X( M4 G. ]1 {) x6 g& t8 c4 f

, i" z) d1 c5 T; Z: ^5 UM: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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4 _0 l0 f  i) U  Z" C+ s$ W5 LL: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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+ ~% _& E+ q5 zM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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2 K1 x: `% f$ t0 Q8 L# X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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