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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.! L" o% Z% ~- p& D5 v
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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  v: x$ [5 y& D7 UM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.- ^2 y) C- h6 O6 p, X# t* Q% q

5 v  ~, ~. [3 N+ b* SL: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?9 C4 Y% u: _  Z, ?' y# v9 l

- Z& ?* k  J8 L: PM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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* j2 u5 F+ |( K; P9 K4 o$ dL:(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.
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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./ g9 g/ l7 d6 i0 |
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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?
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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?# ^+ k1 J7 g0 R

( B' G5 m  o$ Q, f  \) z8 jM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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6 j( A7 L8 m* @" N+ xL: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。) q1 Y( I6 U3 ^  \9 u% {5 l( `

$ i2 h6 W$ N1 d% V; l0 tM: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.+ o9 C: b' s9 O

6 g) T9 f& s: cL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!; Z, ]5 _6 y4 ^( v/ g! O7 l; H7 ~. I+ l

4 t$ b: s) t) l6 d  [: qM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.3 y8 K  x2 V! |" z. y3 ^. S3 F

. d2 i: D9 R, k/ K* `: L3 \( g" nL: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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  `/ I7 j$ F* L8 `: LM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.  g( B- \; L2 x+ k) t* f
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?; Y4 e# J& l7 V1 y; {# U
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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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- E2 Q0 D2 T# A4 \, W# JL: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.! f* k, |2 @% A

8 D; U) A7 Z& e% U2 q9 U& \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?
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# ~9 T" u* _+ r! @& q# |M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?" W" L2 O2 X8 [' J6 x  I

  ?- A& k; O$ N6 i# s; QL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。
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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.
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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.1 A) U& l- z, O! A6 o! ?
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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?2 \+ e+ O& X( c) f: o) j
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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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2 E& d5 r; z& A( v; I9 _5 H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。6 Y3 W3 K7 W. L8 U1 \4 p' j
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