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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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% `3 J- f! M# W+ g, hL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。7 ?, A6 r5 k- s

8 A- ^& ?# t9 q& O2 {1 p8 c& KM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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1 Y+ N) j  z7 P* H4 v1 iL: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?* [& X9 j5 [1 {  R
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.# q* E4 g7 W4 @0 T( a
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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?) T+ `  h0 x4 h) b$ W6 k

: F8 P6 t: Q, NM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
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4 d% H, M4 J4 G: d' H' V7 cL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?' B  J) Q' X: w9 k! x5 ~
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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; K0 K. z3 S, `8 w. K: F* vL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?) z/ Z0 G* ~- u9 @

$ x- `  N3 b3 `: S5 P' sM: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.; b+ @5 x. u9 z# t' s

  z) [9 h4 u  QL: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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( a- ]% j4 [( QM: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 V, Y2 j6 ~6 m$ D4 l# n4 x3 SM: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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9 |4 `* ]) C) S/ s6 VL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!
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) z4 E9 T. d. [M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.1 d  Z% _+ R8 F8 r# V3 E$ D$ L
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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。
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: [" K8 J, F8 }M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.# k; S2 {$ n7 E" h# N

1 j7 [  p! F% d4 A6 \  d" bL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?6 N& [( O6 T0 i- l6 X
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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.0 l; D* s: t& z

  \# F1 e1 `6 Z8 F7 i' H$ TL: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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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.
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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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: f$ h6 j) I* F/ F* [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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M:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.! H! F0 u6 T* v+ e

0 L: p+ o% m0 a3 \: j0 ~  bL: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.: I% A6 n. s. L  `# S) A4 ?

, w8 q& u4 d5 LL: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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/ r3 t% a1 a. [( E3 R3 V; gM: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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