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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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+ A" q' g4 i* m! P/ XL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。, a7 @9 m  f& f1 t( m- N) V
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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  |! w. L! w" Q! F, G9 {8 J8 _! e  aL: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?# S4 {/ m7 e( w" A

+ U; A+ ~: |" z- P5 ^0 o4 h& iM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.# {. s, _5 x" H

' B  [5 r4 v3 U6 e4 \L:(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?8 J# k. D6 f& U' |) ?

( Q. u6 T4 L, ], ZM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.: H$ c* R) K7 u3 |' y' X
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?. \4 M- z9 T+ _/ ?& X, c; L0 v2 [5 ?  @

4 f9 G1 U0 y  V$ G- V' r/ R0 Y) J$ [' [M: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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2 q- b9 f) ~" I6 MM: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.! u1 N4 ~3 t1 W/ X1 \
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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。3 [1 ^2 j" z/ a1 Y" a  l

/ t! w; e8 b2 w8 s+ nM: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.0 a& Z/ p& Y9 H+ m, v

( ]  ^  W% y8 u+ P- t; KL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!" ]* ?5 k) }) r) ^
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M: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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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
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- @5 P8 b: T% Q2 q4 s3 GL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?& U, m5 {( W4 y
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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.6 R/ a2 n8 H9 v; I

6 c1 i$ j5 g+ U$ d! \0 u" }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?# g5 R+ f5 g9 G6 f" w# W
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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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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?" T* J. i/ P; ?# o  L" ?
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M: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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0 G/ V; D& Z# ?# X6 m8 pM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.3 i+ ?% j( O+ u; |
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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.1 n+ M+ g" s9 E9 ~: d. r% u+ [, S3 y
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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?+ O4 A' p( Q) @8 e3 M
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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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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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