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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.
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。6 D+ E7 x, ~  x1 r

' |% d) x# l! N. J' Y0 R7 M" oM: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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; s+ P$ o% J4 hM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.+ t) H4 Q2 @, O' e; ]

+ U, \0 u* h6 x  Y9 sL:(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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4 Y. b0 @3 z  q2 gM: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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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.) C( `) |& q+ v1 g% O, H. t4 G( u5 ?4 ~
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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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) j( B2 l) P8 q" \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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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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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。7 d' `7 s4 R" ^; L
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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./ C; ~9 R4 J5 q
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!# f' z( v+ @( G, A, z1 Q8 b
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
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  A: y' ^3 H; J2 xL: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。( c7 d! p  T* E3 M( k! {' s

; P8 d2 m' X( n$ g& MM: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.
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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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1 A) T& t+ m0 k* L- r5 }4 C) P; ~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.6 r2 _  v$ }! g: _; _! @# n7 f
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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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4 [! V7 a& s+ ^$ ZL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。! D9 O* W9 X, i) f- W

2 H0 J  y4 s! g# WM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.* @' z+ A: g4 m! J9 D, }

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! C% B' I; x" I# H9 }) }# ?  KM: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.  D* K; B7 \6 ~; R& ~

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! X$ X& R+ s! }2 g7 iM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!& ~9 D* c- ?9 t4 [. |1 e

( C2 w' r6 Q" Y1 e) f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。3 V0 q& S6 \) q" T# R0 I
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