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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.) k: g: Q- x: @5 ^! T# b: O) C' Q

( J8 P4 X9 H: PL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。9 l! r9 L6 |% c5 [% s

( }% Q5 T+ Z, T9 E2 \M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.: K5 V* u, Y  d$ c, D) I8 J
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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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8 f) B$ Z5 Z: g0 q$ ]) g/ q1 mM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.; g3 x- c. h  b8 c
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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?
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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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: `/ n  V( Q+ OM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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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?4 d8 }& K, D9 |4 W

& K2 ^# A8 G+ I  fM: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.9 R1 B- `* y8 A$ O
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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?: f7 }( ~* u1 m# B3 c0 A( a: M

- `9 {- ]5 e- u* e" J: L* B3 W7 fM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.3 L2 h' n( G3 b7 p, ?$ P1 c

" x+ S0 h! A( F, S) rL: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。9 A$ }) r5 g0 E2 i

# v3 X) c" a5 b" b4 y" i' `# R; sM: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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- N  W$ C0 W: B' |& V) }( y% aL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!9 @$ K! k  C% A9 [
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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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, B% u0 U' k0 S9 ?: OM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.! N  j% V6 B* \$ w" I2 H7 m. B

9 ]6 v. B( t# B/ yL: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.& ?$ v0 J/ t- \1 a6 R
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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?, m: H5 n) W4 }
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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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0 K' E6 p  ^! y! a$ c. `( ?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?6 e  r: w. \) c( ~% ^# ?# W
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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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) g* L& }5 d# y& c; ]L:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。# q" e8 G2 e+ f8 k  [
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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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# ]) n4 h* K4 c, {$ u9 dL: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.- p" p4 F9 l. A8 A/ `+ `
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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.
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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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* e3 B, |& G0 j6 C6 dM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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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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