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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。; {! V3 r1 i* c4 j, r1 W" f

/ f( Y5 Q+ _. O) M2 D2 WM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.8 m/ B' x! [# @4 ]
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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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; o9 C* o; L: v: O6 VM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way." m2 U* t- z2 k

! M3 X* f  E; ?$ R8 @3 D) Q+ LL:(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?0 B: M% ^* A! T% D( q
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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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7 h0 u' e' @  aL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?- N: I2 N* h7 U8 }/ B

# \9 n! i8 N6 s2 l: N' a' R5 cM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.; k# o# A' y) s4 j$ A& `4 E
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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?6 h: f) N2 _% L* z

0 Z9 W( o3 R& q4 B7 e/ JM: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?! |  S4 F1 O( \7 ]. E$ f" h3 Q

, R0 {5 m' Y6 D6 U& ^9 W& j  TM: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." k& \3 ?4 h! l! q9 V

3 o: M8 @8 h+ A: ^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.5 V8 M- |- |7 n0 L) _
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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。- X1 |# Q# {( Y

( }. M, n7 B' U, Q( x$ B; Y) [M: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?4 ~( _2 t6 e/ s: \1 r

4 A8 v( H# O" v; ~- ]4 m1 g0 vM:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy." s! d( |! R' {% D

* I2 c0 D+ [7 X$ ^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?; P! w& G1 e, d& r
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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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( J$ B6 ?8 _; R+ kL: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?) y% p+ H1 K! r- d
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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.1 Q* G" g9 N. B% y/ Y

9 Y. a  z7 t2 g* }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.
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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.3 Y1 k9 \$ `: C

7 E/ S2 H/ {" f% q2 S9 GL: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?5 J3 i( G$ F5 a5 f7 `7 J

2 v7 j: p/ f" f2 I; LM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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/ W# u4 Q* `" Y5 \6 U* o- J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。8 c7 |6 C/ a: w, G, y
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