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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。
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3 L& f2 N* q3 P& H* `9 I$ LM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.' h& O0 w# u4 _9 C
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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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! v3 D8 Y& _7 F8 eM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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& _9 R. F4 K+ F7 H1 ]2 I4 wL:(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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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.2 J' c8 u5 `! E( q

/ {. m" w- E; ~L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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( _7 {" I5 `6 z' j- W; F, m4 VM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.4 Q( k* N( N1 j5 N

  {) ^& F* d" _* `/ yL: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., r( |: e# H6 j; q) W9 X! K5 j7 q1 ]

8 A8 Y/ w5 ~, z. fL: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.; H( f) X/ j7 Y2 y/ S, z. r& D- B

/ q8 h7 `- E6 \2 R- g1 T" hL: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.) Y0 R& ~3 ]7 w! |
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!
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1 ?1 a2 }" Q6 |! }M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.. \) M' ]  \6 ^  {( b1 _2 X

$ i0 Z/ K# U& Y2 u" {3 bL: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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' f! M8 D. C5 z( ?5 a" tM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
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5 Z: k# [  d1 w% }. g  kL: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?1 Y5 w. f3 f! u$ ]6 w1 T

$ ~2 q) D  q+ O$ g4 }* D. [' iM: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., d: K1 `; b6 o. P- S

2 ^! m: P2 x. {5 Q7 \" CL: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?  G  f+ {  o/ G) W% b  [

& y: I8 V% ]! |$ \+ UM: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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7 s9 e  L' D/ N  V. wM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.* o& E- d% z' ?0 k8 s6 ]9 \: a

3 w( N/ n4 |3 F  Y1 XL: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., {4 y, V  _. L8 p1 q: ~

' E, [; _/ n. `/ C/ |+ u; r; R- iM: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?8 ~: D+ K& a0 y& M) k; G$ Y
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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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# U3 B- b$ W4 D% M" X$ k; Q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。( e5 n% l; ?  Z  h. g" `! E9 m
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