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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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5 X* I1 r! h) r$ `- r* TL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。4 ^% O2 o8 p7 @. s* V' ~

* q8 ~$ {. g! H$ N5 ?( TM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.# M8 F4 |! M9 [  U

3 [. M1 z8 o7 b) l0 u/ z6 YL: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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* |: K" D. `7 D# @4 _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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M: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?
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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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?: x, T# \; D  C+ Y+ S" X9 w

4 r3 A1 X! {7 ^5 ]+ xM: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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3 C. J* f: l+ ~( f2 R; qL: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?, W# t7 [9 m; d+ }, b

5 d* l7 m( r6 w! Y9 n5 R) E) Y" DM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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1 r1 B: w- J6 j/ g" D9 s- \2 |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。; f$ r8 b& s. d1 g9 C! L6 e

) C5 n0 t7 ~$ [  i* o& w( e& f5 R0 k+ W( @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.8 W3 W0 m" z  R/ `8 p, P

8 I9 S+ W, d4 u: K9 T2 PL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!+ x  H1 j* u+ R* A! G" T( `
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.+ F; H  b$ f' W( e$ W; [1 a
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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。1 v. X5 b; g. W& q: S' ^! c

$ t# c$ e/ n) a( xM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.! P& O! v0 I( g  `, |* w; d

$ w0 g. l1 S, T+ `$ E( BL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?) G+ K- v! o; _, o0 r9 _. @

/ J" U3 H% F( d5 L, I/ ZM:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.7 }' d0 \7 ~) H

% e0 \" y& U& U* f! HL: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.5 `7 i2 L3 Z0 t) j8 W; \* y
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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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' a2 [3 j8 }; U  q2 I+ [9 ^' @M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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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。2 L. f; x! K: r3 d9 }: Q+ t( R1 C
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M:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.. o# j& g& h! y" j% u

/ H# l. w) {% G, hL: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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3 Y* N! B! p) k; L! HM: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  u3 {5 r( W% C2 \

5 I, G2 q) J: rL: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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/ x) b) Z6 X% ]8 ~M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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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。
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