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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.) W9 r( h+ @! B+ r+ Y. [& B

4 M( m& O; i5 F* B" {. Q( _/ \1 `4 cL: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.: t7 `5 o2 r. c+ p1 w4 i) y  h
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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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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.+ p/ y% g2 u! p& \3 y0 t& i/ z

, }  V" M) |7 Q/ I" {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?; K% g+ Q& y1 E* o& c
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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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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?' e9 P( t! x9 t$ |* M, L3 z

; G: n/ L4 j6 G4 I: B4 LM: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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6 G( [/ H) ?5 T$ o/ QL: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?8 e& C1 p# ]' w, L+ u
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.: U3 o+ V. C  E- j( Z+ |

  |7 z/ V; a; e) {+ W7 LL: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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( n/ P7 y& N4 ~" I8 mL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!
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, n0 r* Q5 l2 E) z9 Z/ K+ Z. a$ pM: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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) D5 I3 K1 \8 {: }$ o  WM: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& h4 l# h0 V( P6 RL: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?3 K5 N7 u- N5 M5 l4 R* K

/ R2 I$ e' ]/ c5 WM: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.+ A" i1 Z, l0 e0 o* j
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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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6 {( A8 h! R4 o* T3 yM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?* b$ J& ^) n3 S1 u, B2 Q
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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 w3 }3 ?- z- U( L  N
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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.: a2 Y$ z- |/ x# U/ |

. }" Q4 g, ?& q! o: n3 ?! U6 b5 [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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3 |% ]5 e2 {2 X6 P5 I2 e$ ]3 RL: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?
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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!% y# T" D/ V! D$ h
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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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