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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.2 ~, V" J% `! C* K) A% [( }  o

, s8 F' D! A8 l# QL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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9 a2 A0 o9 P0 T  Y" p3 @/ GM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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/ F" A$ C, @6 X# k; _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.% N1 U# _% _/ @+ B6 _: o3 Y

  s# w6 m( ?7 N5 Y- [- HL:(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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1 ~! v* g* Z! \% XM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
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  b" f3 Y; r! b1 t6 WL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?8 N5 ?4 f4 G' X6 {. j
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.: f2 r( c1 e: z5 B, y3 i
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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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  y3 a5 m9 D7 J* u; p/ zM: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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2 l- ]! ^% V) t! I' p9 ^8 B0 O' rM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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. \8 N( R3 v& v4 v7 M3 y6 z, VL: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。1 U" `! q0 r. E. R0 {4 z
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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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8 _) G6 e! Y! n6 v2 GL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!
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4 L  Z) f! ~' {/ g* kM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.' t6 G0 W0 P; K$ i

/ c' S, I7 H  ]5 bL: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.
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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 B- t3 f/ B7 G
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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?
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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.- M- e3 P" M. V: m3 _% X. K
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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?
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M: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。
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6 X. [. Y+ m! ]' K% p. t* A* d& ~M:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.: w8 o4 Z8 W' h8 b
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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.# M! p# j- c( j+ ~8 @2 X

; S9 v) W& t# m! AM: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.8 ~2 n. ?, X  k- h

- }' {0 U$ P0 w" K2 |( r& S) A0 kL: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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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!) }7 N) I' z9 y0 U5 y
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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。
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