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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.3 J* M& B) v* c6 N4 F  t* l

$ U9 j3 H* v/ m+ DL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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5 |% t! O2 D4 L0 b! n* t$ ZM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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3 A- n* P( i2 G* G. F$ {* jL: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?: m, b1 x, K1 Q& o* [

7 I6 u/ U; i( R7 N' a; XM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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7 V2 ?7 G# d6 Q1 y3 r% Z  ?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?6 t( [6 b8 T) [. w
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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?* H- D) ~+ ]" [% {8 j8 ]

' L  G6 \% f& d: J4 J+ ]9 n9 X5 JM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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9 x/ M% E) a- [* ML:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?
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6 W. A5 G: w, K+ NM: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.& q9 l# V# ^1 o! ~2 i
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L: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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, k* F2 F1 h" m2 ?6 SM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms./ L1 ]- n& w* A; S' D" u; g

/ f9 J0 l( t" r" dL: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。( ?. B3 K" l2 w
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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.3 n6 c" {: _& {8 m# C2 o, K

" F$ {" S! J9 V3 FL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!8 R; Y* D. w' n# c

. z/ V8 A6 X: e' f0 c$ o9 Q# _$ I  HM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.* p. J) A8 W$ z: D
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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。5 a+ ?/ u* g) c9 ^3 e( ^- T

; n9 }' n6 ~& ?6 ?+ IM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.( _! [( q( r; z. M  m/ P: T
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?; r9 f9 f& s+ i- L- Y
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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.$ f0 N% A" `9 J& F4 _
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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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1 ~, |; W: V8 e3 mM: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.4 R+ T  o  @7 _

8 }+ w4 z9 v0 {4 k% `- H- c) L% PL: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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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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8 F' E4 Q' [% o& }/ ZM: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.
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/ i. d' `) A* L" G/ u/ g! ^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.
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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?
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- `4 ~& z2 j7 TM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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' t6 j! ~: p  W, n- I2 u, r- n% S! K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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