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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.2 I. X5 e; z$ W5 N; V& ~5 ]+ B
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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& x: s; Q8 v& g% V4 HM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.6 K* Q3 P9 I! Q7 h) T& t+ b- u) Y

) `1 x: p" \9 R8 G9 J6 Q  J2 A0 @' RL: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?! ~. c# I' P9 h$ V0 M6 G$ c, n6 M# m) w

/ a1 x, Z- U  Y7 j( E( SM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.) [  g2 {- Q1 O+ t# M

1 u) n6 q) x! [- K7 I7 X7 xL:(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?* j) u- R, ], w8 L4 V3 l

+ @: ]$ r* [8 @  K6 VM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
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- L' I. b/ Z9 C; r" [& ^6 mL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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: n( J# @- a5 J" |M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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/ H7 z* _  T0 E2 ]1 J/ WL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?+ V5 r; N; k8 R8 {1 f
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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.
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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?: Y3 p* X" x9 }' k& J% e
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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。8 N' O1 n' Z: F7 D, ]

# J+ C% E+ A& x9 g+ i4 BM: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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% u9 S/ Y, g1 Y$ r. ?- T. aL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!. b$ v) Z: R) `! N% D

" \1 v! \; h3 f" {: C$ i( a0 uM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
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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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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
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+ `6 V5 |: y( y0 e3 a9 RL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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7 n+ S: e2 n0 o7 \9 B  K* CM:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.
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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?- B- G  r" S2 `5 e# U
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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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% Q2 z; b2 `% 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?2 a1 L! t, r2 ]: y$ N* v" i; v

. j$ k- |! Y9 m4 l$ V. EM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?& w- x9 t+ f& Z1 u7 \

5 L+ Z4 R" p- U+ l9 w; H- M' {) tL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。0 ^% T; T, W9 E

2 ]) X. h6 }# U6 H. TM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion., R+ s7 p" d' w$ ~$ b5 r7 ]

) E$ H. i- i3 Y* K6 ^& [8 y; {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.; m3 G* H- F7 T6 S0 T5 P. a. K

  o0 _( `) E2 z$ G* W; VM: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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4 m8 R( ^# z5 h' ^7 M1 yL: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?4 f: p& g8 W. r  O7 ^) Y& {- s
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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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6 ^7 \# n8 A( H2 H& t4 `/ `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。$ Y. L; I4 D$ Q8 \4 Z5 G
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