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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.) i* n# p' I6 S6 a0 K1 b
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。1 A( ]/ F0 ~4 [9 k$ K8 q

7 P9 f- [6 V) b7 bM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.9 l# w" U( _0 C6 H: c3 {3 u
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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.
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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?0 n, h0 A5 k2 i$ Q( R8 _

* M  j+ F: Z- b. n0 Y# q* T5 ?M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
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  U& R- ~" s, I; qL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?5 D' Y5 R- n% B$ P
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.0 [# L# |3 C# _* `6 P5 I) W8 b

4 n3 y; e6 [( R6 RL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?# k( i4 m+ q5 a/ U2 O; o
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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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L: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。$ {+ C3 f( D6 \0 J' `6 r( M& e8 U
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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.
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5 A4 ^& D# B+ p- M4 VL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!
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* l: H0 j, W$ H$ }  s( P; x# ~M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
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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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% @4 N1 P" {3 d6 v2 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?
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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.( _4 P* T0 ]! J  p( u

( k% G9 ]7 {. C/ \% T: t3 V+ ^1 P/ RL: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?$ B2 c) c6 Q( o
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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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4 B  C, s% k* VL: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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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?# x! g2 h) U$ ~7 J4 Y

  U4 m8 }% ]4 G0 m5 F: qL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。# ?1 _, @* S% \; k! s0 H7 }

% n! W; d7 A& B2 T# f, ZM: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 l4 k  |2 b: s* ]9 L
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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./ R( R3 p/ V# W6 M
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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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5 ?& B0 e$ I* u) \M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!4 j$ A) |  D1 A

" H' q. r+ w, `+ k4 W( F4 W6 c8 I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。/ A$ ?8 T' {+ u4 `4 |$ t* o: o+ t
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