流行美语教程 Lesson 10: drained & wired

Xbfeng

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.

7 r( ~7 @8 B( a! k& O' _L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。
1 `, S/ Z0 q% @% o7 w  ~+ ~! w
M：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.

9 Q& M" e8 I. C  w" aL：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？
# s0 A3 N8 @  m2 |7 y2 S/ ^& t& U
M：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
# \! ?& d8 E5 T" o* y
4 W6 `" e) g4 U( k9 k6 }8 tL：(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？

M：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
6 j6 S" F- L* ?+ O
( O! \1 A* M& ?) D! V6 TL：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained?

M：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.

$ V& s7 ]+ c0 e7 {7 @; d  tL：Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢？
8 ~$ U3 ?. L& q# L' s2 O3 _0 J+ a
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？
& M5 l- K% e' O! X7 x) G
; z) f; b" u' `M：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
# F2 W: I* P9 ~
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。

- o2 u( J1 i- vM：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.
; O! w- V8 x+ c/ e
. ^1 Q0 \$ f/ n6 t$ ]L：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！

M：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.

; \) B( x: r* m7 f+ QL：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。

. g7 l& I# \; F8 {/ uM：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
: T7 I% [3 z5 z
L：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？

M：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.
) j! Z# K% l0 n" C- w
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？
7 m, `  Q: b+ M9 O* b9 E; |, F
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.
: U' ?- |  a" M* l" e' |% @
. J! {$ _: g' W$ b6 OL：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？
; R3 x' q# p( W4 E
$ h6 r8 r2 u* ]2 @7 x/ R* `- ]M：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?

L：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。
/ c8 w3 |# B- M1 @9 g/ _$ l
% A( [3 @; X! H8 NM：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.
% u2 S( I/ ?. l' F6 v' Y' e, r! U
3 d1 @9 \9 V7 W# O+ c, xL：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.
8 t1 ]; q% A- ]8 M' M0 O
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.
6 S" c" n2 y: @# Q5 B) @: p/ h
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？

  j" r9 h) ]0 T" _2 l/ MM：Thanks so much, Li Hua!
: q, z3 R. G5 q
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。
9 O5 L& v9 @9 D/ n9 b% R
; C& ^( a8 e0 K. q8 A& A+ B+ w9 ]* CAudio as following:
. E; ]" i% U* B7 ^# t1 X* @

redrunner