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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.8 l1 R4 `: a5 p, x4 I+ v
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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( p! {) v3 p2 z" uM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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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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; e9 p1 }' q( M6 m+ l% EM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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. g' f3 [: g. XL:(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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, z9 \# j# i% c7 p% BL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted./ }2 a  }" w& [0 f/ n

2 D. j7 A2 d+ m" C6 I4 l" \( h4 o! nL: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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* n/ C; }& }& E$ B8 h# eM: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.' G; y2 j7 U+ P/ B9 O  ~6 _

2 {( s; g$ N1 A/ v) Y/ o" a* |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?  K( l3 X; M0 W1 Y
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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。
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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.5 X- w' |% ]: I4 d
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!
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6 ]8 q& Q5 R9 h- UM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
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9 x( x6 Q- Z: J/ j! iL: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。2 t( r% s& \/ s8 W0 C( f5 E4 v

* @5 ]/ N" A! O' uM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
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& J$ Z3 j9 C, M5 {8 Q( }( aL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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  b: v3 b* A1 ]' U" U% ]& MM:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.9 n3 D. }4 Q$ x& m2 ^& A

* p* L' F2 U+ U& q! `: f! IL: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./ R5 b2 z4 H2 P
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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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  o" A0 e' D! c0 DM: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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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.  K* H0 w; S+ r( p+ [
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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?* I0 P! H" \. B5 w9 m

5 h# [4 l, {8 b" W# {( C+ UM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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$ j2 U. @  o3 |% f' L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。' \. L6 y& s% }( b6 g# L" y
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