流行美语教程 Lesson 10: drained & wired

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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.

L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。

. U5 M0 e  S9 mM：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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: H9 r0 @7 \  w: x! E% nL：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？

( Z% u4 b9 L" p6 |: a0 QM：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.

" x+ _% \5 n/ X" U& j/ j9 cL：(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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* V" E% |. i& x# ^5 e' V( m3 NM：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.

0 ?- r( b, Y0 v% GL：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained?
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% u5 [2 D* L2 s+ }2 a7 UM：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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3 B, H0 D/ s; ?# z5 O9 XL：Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢？

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.

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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" \- K) O% X# R, [M：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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. \2 X; D7 l% S+ x- ^0 ZL：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。

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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+ z: D6 G3 K, f2 X7 g$ sL：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！

" W+ V' g4 s2 \+ U! \! y' LM：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.

  n8 I7 ~8 j) {$ z/ {* {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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3 V# C) A; P+ M7 d; uM：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.

, a! W4 i# \2 I7 M3 c9 |" L/ \' WL：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？

* ^$ u3 }  c9 s9 Y# n4 gM：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.

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？

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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4 g" e9 N$ |# AL：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？

! V9 `3 B  A4 o6 F  X. l% bM：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?

0 H" X7 w0 I2 N7 G  vL：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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! v0 Y9 ?  V' a" o- zM：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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0 h4 m9 y/ \( P  w6 V- Q& e3 TL：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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+ J4 y; P5 Z% [! e/ I7 oM：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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' c) y# ~1 L' ~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？

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。
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