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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.- d7 B6 l7 ?4 o$ ?8 q: p& F
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained? 6 f( V$ Z" C7 Q+ }' y# y1 @, v2 |2 v- p% L
M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. ( c0 U7 K/ N" a4 L1 W3 d- d# T" e7 l" o* _1 y
L:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?$ A, o2 N% X! i% p) n9 L4 D
: w9 R2 d2 [2 h eM: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. 7 [& M, g5 _+ ^! b7 G 6 ~1 i2 ?9 W! g' p* SL: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?3 ^* M" i3 h( o `* F
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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。 " d3 T/ f: s* {* s, @5 P 8 v2 v! d- j: H1 J, d r7 xM: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. * ^6 U" M8 }6 b) G! H6 S, h7 j, s& r5 b7 [
L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!3 @. e4 ^4 d4 U A/ B& k3 W) a! n
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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。4 c3 Z/ H( q1 M8 w/ a
+ j7 m5 N; X* q) D |M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are. . `, I1 E! g( n; Z( | 4 e) A7 n7 K. ?& E& A, ]L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?+ X9 ~- [' s, L4 G% m( ~
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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?6 G& h, `1 Q! k0 g2 d5 n7 m
. q$ q! m5 ]* Z2 v3 q6 TM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? 8 h! r' {0 ^/ C ! O0 B! }3 b( ~3 I6 b$ }L:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。 / x( u7 S) m# ^& `# H, t$ A$ H2 \+ d8 \" b( a3 h
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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?2 L/ l( I/ `9 p2 g0 I! o
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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。 S* c7 i% I9 ~/ |" n5 O* X) |