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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.  X6 s& v/ i2 Q
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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+ e) m2 t; G  Z5 _! o! q. n: PM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time." L) n3 s. W1 h$ c9 \' n

* l/ R* [4 h5 }. A- EL: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.
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4 H8 \: @3 [9 {9 zL:(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?. D( @- G/ q) e5 P- |6 m* ~+ X  P
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.; r& o# \, B& `! J
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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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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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.7 B, e& W/ i5 h

( C; V' c' y1 ]  V: XL: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。
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2 p' f+ h" y% i1 BM: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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0 r) x/ w* o* ?" o* r9 h. T4 RL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
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2 d, d; O: x8 D0 P: @$ dL: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。$ D; r/ M6 f! D4 e

6 ?" J( _% J9 b9 w2 r& oM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.6 e$ @( `& t7 o! ~3 w  H: }

4 R3 P: Z' i! \# _( qL: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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0 G6 x/ V$ f+ f# J3 LL: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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/ I1 C- r4 {$ }& O/ X$ P  D1 b* J6 jM: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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: j  A. J1 z+ e% nL: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?( G6 l! k- M; U

$ P( h" T+ g% _  S7 q; b" }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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9 L# ^6 r- S7 u$ r. z; ]. |: E% |. gM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.$ t0 E1 q3 a7 N3 {4 Q. ?, ~+ G

, v6 V( e! {7 B, M: ML: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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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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- r9 [. }+ B; n- N2 m# j& U1 m% OL: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?% Z( X8 C" z- s7 C6 W2 O
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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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2 e. t/ D* M" z" x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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