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.

1 p5 }% J! H/ T) jL：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。

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.

L：(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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M：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
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; i( h! B1 D& ]4 k& M' u/ OL：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained?
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M：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.

  o$ v6 F2 ?* q' BL：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.
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, R  ^' w# Q4 e& t. P2 aL：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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" D) S% G/ M( v# g7 w& w6 p* OM：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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4 l& L3 p% n; O4 x1 G9 CL：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。
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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.

/ v. }6 |% ?& m9 X: ML：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.

% c; z' q+ p  C/ n" Y. }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 a: D( I  Q/ _3 }% o, I' eM：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.

1 V3 L3 f; P3 P/ b9 ]L：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？

- G5 t* S5 M# ?8 u9 gM：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.

7 p/ q0 b0 |% J* i2 c7 _( ?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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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？
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' U8 @% u  H$ A8 l7 U! `  |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。
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& [+ a" J$ r; d: `; {# o- o: P4 b$ VM：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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4 m( P' {2 k: wL：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.

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.

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？
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. p* a6 w5 N# X1 XM：Thanks so much, Li Hua!

1 V% h3 h0 t& M6 r7 L9 S$ t+ F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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