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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." p+ |9 d& K3 J; Y3 V% A; B9 D
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。9 m9 r- B) R9 E- n: [/ i/ K/ v6 b
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.6 k7 U8 H" j% p7 _7 R, _  y. r
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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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! e( N2 ?( D, `9 r7 O' eM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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+ l8 |& G6 b, x" L% l- g+ EL:(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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! }6 C9 s5 w+ I5 D$ U9 F$ sL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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- p. r; ~1 A6 ?) a' u+ l5 kM: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?
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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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/ W6 L* I; y% K# g( rL: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?& ^2 q9 h! B5 z

" w, H3 P0 w6 `9 h8 e4 N% q- M7 H7 T2 ]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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+ B9 J* A% r! Z9 M7 T1 dM: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.4 n6 Z+ Q! D5 h
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!
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$ L# J$ ?7 h" K8 Q' qM: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  |- ?  _8 HM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.2 P# r% o8 l7 U7 w

$ V7 v0 O# j: LL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?3 L& A8 s# g7 _+ |2 @( N

6 p" h$ Q6 |+ ^# U. W. x8 mM: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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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.
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, g$ `; {( W) l6 hL: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?8 d$ O5 E$ H8 X. v! K( C3 N
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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?( Z1 C( j: D2 _& h. ^  ]
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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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! R, w& A5 h* X- z' |" WM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.* Y8 K# z+ k0 _

5 p. v; n! }5 eL: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.* C' l2 q( F# l: S) o% s
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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.9 H: \" ~3 v5 B2 N/ w

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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!. }8 e/ ]! G5 F& e1 H( W

+ t% t8 V, T+ y' C5 @: G' 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。
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3 I! u  r0 H( Y( FAudio as following:
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