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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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7 u) x7 B1 k: xL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。- N" {; y. w6 h
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.4 B4 v' B* G- X9 {- H. E) n- Q

# G6 y, R- c- E: h( p( 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?
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/ R+ m) X1 s4 t* N9 A5 p: [1 AM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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0 l6 R/ u" H( m* h5 KL:(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.% O- S) p( f4 X/ n
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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.& |! n/ a' Y, @" t& ]' r# U

' a7 z5 q% v' N" b5 eL: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.8 c* S$ \$ O( Q, L4 V
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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?/ h  a0 _/ r3 u" B
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.+ Z/ T' V$ J# m+ M% n; Q9 _

7 \9 O( \: Q* x/ ?1 rL: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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L: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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3 F% ^9 k( I6 ?3 j: J  m% PL: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。0 Y6 n1 |) \' K1 c7 I( x  \3 [0 G
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M: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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2 H% J. x$ b* p$ M% nM: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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5 p/ S/ r1 n3 t0 AL: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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& x' k/ q& @" ^4 @. rM: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?, D- E- O. j& N; U2 p1 i
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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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# _8 o! Z) B' x5 AM: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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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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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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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?
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6 T2 ], J* l$ g1 e0 v4 DM: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。
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