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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.! j4 j, b4 L& T5 a! ~8 q  K  Z

3 |$ g  R* t5 k( g9 ?L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.- v* X) 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?6 Q7 u# H. o$ {* T% n) H
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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/ E3 l% ~3 o9 }9 M0 PL:(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.# Y, y0 o0 e  Z4 D/ c7 t

& K9 }9 w' e" x! N- GL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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3 z" F: o2 Q+ S4 e, w0 B. aM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.8 y- M5 F, O9 p
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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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7 J  W- x+ T, b- N2 d& 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.
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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?! Y# L# f2 \- {3 g' |
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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' P4 m5 }& h5 ?1 a) @' J- ]: ^" f2 ?8 yL: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.
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip./ p- b" a" d4 `( \# Y# ?
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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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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.% w- y/ n+ O: B% D; J; k) D* S

) J& A! Q& r# H* j, f7 xL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?( Z6 i4 i- V1 _6 z/ P' I
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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.# r9 b- J2 j4 F( f# c- p# n3 x2 I3 d

( z; y% @, W  S$ OL: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?& i2 y6 D5 M7 e- c5 L. O- i3 q# z
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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.0 j# E& m- b/ w& Z; y$ o
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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?2 t, z/ x' f  U: o' w

& x4 L' C! A6 E0 QM: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。6 X6 c( K+ k2 s3 f: f3 Q8 D% T

% d( n9 A+ V- u0 O3 t6 nM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.3 W* Y9 m% b2 [! M0 c2 |- }% G$ H

+ e) b/ G* S! e. UL: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./ g( S$ i0 a$ R( Z+ Y  a% f8 s

$ Q0 j) O, E" A* o. W6 ^4 P" gM: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.+ x7 b. T5 L: L% ?3 _" n9 p
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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?& b6 Y5 Q* I/ p( K
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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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' L6 L4 x- V7 G( 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。/ P) z1 s  M! J5 j  B$ _! H  d

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