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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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9 K! L% f5 E5 ^% d7 g  |7 x2 CL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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# w( {. j7 H1 N$ V0 ~& bM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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& L) F- h+ b. |4 h  GL: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 b6 F. E% l( X$ h- @

1 |6 y4 b9 m) j2 u/ Q4 V1 a: hM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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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?
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.2 I3 X# ~: [7 _8 H0 ^

: k2 {( K4 f0 l2 R2 j) DL: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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( y/ t, A( C! G: B" m- E6 nM: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.
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  M5 J- Z7 s+ VL: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?9 U8 P0 k9 J: N$ c+ @" N- d: }

0 R7 P! F5 A/ L) t+ q& X1 dM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.+ L7 @' o, w$ c1 O, T
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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.  Q; H1 w7 a3 t) m' Y4 q
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!" J! p2 V; ~9 x- ~
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
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% R8 k3 k( S5 lL: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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/ p" }2 e& F1 e7 ~3 qM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.5 p% s) K1 {' @# p/ |7 Z, e$ R
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?7 S5 d) ]: Q  J. K0 z
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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., [, m. A' [6 L8 ^: K- Y& X
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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?& V+ Z1 }# a6 j

- m  A' O# v- ^' sM: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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6 V& D" |. d, n" u; L0 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?; j8 p# m6 B; f5 J- D3 P7 x/ F* g

2 N; l+ m: j0 y/ p# n# R6 i! BM: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.
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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.4 A; Q3 a4 z- y7 I* @7 E0 [! v
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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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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!# z+ x! d( [8 W" e

1 i4 u! Q+ |# n! w" t- a' N9 }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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