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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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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.# j: {* o8 u; A: x. o" k- J

) Y* Z6 y& }0 ?1 u. L* kL: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?3 k, C: {" C! ?( X8 C5 C
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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4 L0 c: y0 y5 x; J: b  ?/ ^& I! UL:(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?/ {& E0 Z* y. a
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.! O9 b. ?4 t2 b: C

7 r& N! g& K7 x3 ZL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?1 r; D. E6 U" I+ z2 A; H2 B

: }% [- a7 r6 ]3 N6 f! u1 AM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.9 D' Q) N, m6 y+ O! {

) F- m2 G+ Q1 a4 Y" {4 c1 R- Y$ JL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?3 y% R& C; c. T% a
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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.1 d* q" b# _" B4 d, q( _& i0 _
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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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% e: J) L/ U! h/ Y% l0 wL: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。' s0 W2 M- s$ ^5 T: J" g' R
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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.6 H: m( J- Q2 {" v
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!8 e7 ]; K9 v3 ^5 U

! ]7 a* g$ _1 `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。1 G! F  Z' \: u' l  }. ~8 V

" z# h& v& M/ m& D. W* Y# ?' DM: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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0 o1 c# m2 @% X' y. u: r1 dM:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.2 L" i) L. A$ a5 f* X

- ?. \+ D8 e7 y! qL: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?* t; l" ^' k  t; j0 i
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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.+ R, f7 F1 a) f5 K  S, o: M2 w% b! r

" s% B( g0 a- OL: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* }: d# p. F, w" }) p/ d, h/ \2 `" f
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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?9 c- O' U) \1 ^) j' Q+ N

7 w0 q: C# j) ~3 h1 g. j% cL: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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+ w+ I2 |7 f6 w6 PM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.
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8 c( v2 z6 w/ ~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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3 ?2 g) y" m) r' P3 ?0 ~0 J! N/ XL: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?6 e5 K, B% ~: W5 Q' v4 p+ \/ J

2 ?) n& Z8 H6 s6 b. I" W" MM: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。) ^5 s- Y8 \3 H7 R( B) R$ M
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