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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.1 j- L: F1 g9 m) E& }

3 A1 G9 B" O& \; _9 r5 ~* S6 hL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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0 Y$ |: p2 B9 S2 cM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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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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3 e8 U: w* V4 j/ M0 ~M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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' w1 Z9 N& B4 VL:(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?* a  O7 e/ t; B5 D+ q! d0 }
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.2 H6 o% `" D( _  H9 G9 T" I: P7 ]

4 @' U' c$ {+ X6 p: `( jL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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  i! W* c, |9 S; v3 \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?' \& V/ p1 Y" e$ _7 O

9 T2 h3 T6 J4 `7 b& D- FM: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.: \- L' l( P+ a
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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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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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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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/ j1 B: R  H$ l4 V  S+ b8 c+ [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。9 o) s) Q% W/ [4 W0 e$ T
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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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0 r6 k* {7 g/ E& T, zM:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.$ k( ?* i) ?/ A5 }  Y# N
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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?% l, o+ p- y! _3 y' ]. O
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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?' Q; {6 g0 z, k% q' [1 l' m! u" {
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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?) N. ~; Z* u- O7 X, ]
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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.7 D& z+ w) {# N) {9 _
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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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; ^8 l8 A" s6 c  @' \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.' q. U  o! \# C$ K# g* `1 I
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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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M: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。! ]! }4 J% d3 F! J0 K$ R

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