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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.$ y, e: c/ `5 e& \8 B: v# r+ k+ ~

" m+ C7 o* E! d# A8 d+ PL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。1 i0 Z2 |0 n5 F) Y' A
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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L: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?
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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! L3 L% y( Y% S1 \, EL:(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?4 b) y% j7 b2 O2 {3 F/ p

$ F( `. L1 D1 B1 W- rM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?* ~: D4 O# R  K3 C" x

# n% s% D: s! aM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.! l% q8 P0 F2 u/ d% `
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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?. i2 g4 ^" U& j. k9 {! ~2 Q- m8 j
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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.# @$ e3 F5 Q* k' l

. [" M) l5 y* X3 ]' j# UL: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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- l  A8 c+ b1 TM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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$ U8 Z( a0 Q- p2 i  Y4 JL: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。# y9 e" ^, i3 w' B

. \8 ]$ s# W' x- JM: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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3 b6 W8 W) o# X2 }" C* q. F* N' NL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!
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M: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。2 o9 W( S6 X' g5 ]& u- U; F2 p
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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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7 j* q: o  i4 p6 j2 J% V1 xL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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% g5 \$ |. R0 t8 ], |- W: D/ L" ?M: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?
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( x& I& V: n# U5 e0 |0 KM: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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2 K: c* l" j0 W& g' e) xL: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?
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4 H9 u+ S7 `3 X$ K* VM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?2 {! n1 f9 D6 W. f
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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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. c& B7 Q5 u1 z( ^3 B" F  ^M:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.% z: i# i9 R- u' ~

" c8 x. K7 D3 v$ ~/ `8 t$ C. gL: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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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.% p$ H; H6 |2 T! W# z) T! J  B( l
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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?! J% _$ |2 z, `1 P) O, \
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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!; h. B! i# u4 D/ d8 ?
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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。: \6 [* m, w; Q( U' o3 L
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