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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.5 r: V) ~) ?- Y/ B+ M4 q
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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( V7 I/ F) H; R6 Q# yM: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?+ ?. E7 \6 @; U' {! D* k- K
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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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?- ]9 b2 ~. P1 E+ M+ C

6 C. j# a7 ]: V* g' |  s* @2 ^- E: oM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.! z& M$ t) j! K, D/ ]5 n% D6 |

" F" v3 r* Y7 e7 p' u* f5 Y6 ~L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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+ L  k# q  `. p1 KM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted." }) P3 U7 Q5 B% ]& 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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+ s/ |$ R$ |: v$ w! Z5 o; uM: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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% w9 Q# }' A/ z* EL: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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; U4 O  _, r. vM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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7 A' Y6 u# x+ [8 Z+ g1 u' ]+ DL: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。* Y( C) m0 T% _! f- k  d+ O7 b; Y

6 s2 @7 o4 b+ \( ^3 yM: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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5 j% }* T3 N9 B5 z. h$ NL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!7 o" y6 O" o' [/ M& @* d

  c- f0 m8 \# D2 ~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。' A& l5 H' }# k( J: A% N

" |4 U) n0 |0 X3 j6 x% J! P; j4 ]0 iM: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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1 k5 A( p* d  K: ]M:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.$ f* Y2 o2 e0 b! g' r- L0 z
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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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- A/ F5 d5 R: `1 u" PM: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?
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" c4 N5 `) r, |; f  eM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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6 c) W$ F3 o6 l  L1 P* u/ `& qL: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.. G. Y! X% S4 E3 J4 T! 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.6 e+ ?, Z, Y7 ~0 A0 M3 V: S. _

  ?/ T7 ?  `7 g6 a( yM: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?) W% l* L0 [& m5 ]3 d9 S% \

$ L; g1 Q; e7 d# Y- D+ B2 y0 sM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!! x( {; ^$ _' [

# {) v( T6 w3 j2 u& B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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