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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.
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) G. z0 L; G8 J3 ]# m9 {L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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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?- {7 L! [$ a6 E5 {& v1 r
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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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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: A. M5 R: h/ \1 P- p5 p2 A) s" nM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.! b! P3 E' E" B1 g

" O; _( y; _" L, G3 jL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?, x( Q% B2 _/ V" E2 m3 @/ g+ P

6 e0 S; j% I; w: G1 F  B. L, J9 |M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.: Y, K$ f9 P' ^2 X0 W  T5 N

5 s2 ]* u9 e( n* P0 NL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?; @$ T9 Q3 i6 F

3 `9 e/ m; c7 pM: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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, @4 y1 t" M7 f3 {: Q0 B; m; X4 WL: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?0 e* t7 a# ^- y+ |3 v. D( W  w

' w- u3 _. M) }2 w( J- mM: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。
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) x8 A- Y* M5 x. g  L# Y* 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.8 a, j+ d8 v2 w. j1 L" ?7 y9 Q

1 e- Z! o/ N4 WL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!( m& U6 F8 D% P/ U. E7 k
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
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3 ~% |  B. t' Q7 c2 CL: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。5 Q! {3 d& V4 V+ s+ X6 L( P

# z( V) {4 v/ g6 ^6 c% U" G, v7 uM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?* a. I7 N) h# _- y" U! Y# w
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M:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.1 M- p* D. D% [& k2 V5 W
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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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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." L( U9 u+ v/ A0 |+ v5 r

) S" W. y! U8 zL: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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& C0 B" X$ C  k; G: P0 u! o" hM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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+ f: r: X* I. B6 Z6 D, _9 m2 mL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。. {) v) Z! U  c* O( X

  B+ ^' d6 H+ K  S7 y. QM: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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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.+ q: ~  r( K; h1 i
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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.; C$ q+ K; D9 }+ Z! Y, ^& a
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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?! E1 U& U( b; v! F
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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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% G6 R5 q9 H4 K, k% I( W% L( \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。' V2 X: n6 E  v, l
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