流行美语教程 Lesson 10: drained & wired

Xbfeng

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.

L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。
) O3 P3 d' J$ I) |- b; o0 K5 a! J
- B  V" e7 A) H: J( ^7 t! S: AM：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
7 ?7 Z, S* D3 |, a. q
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？

M：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
8 }3 u9 m! L7 h6 \  `; f  w
: J8 {2 ^8 B4 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？

( P5 n8 g8 s8 [! XM：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.

L：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained?
9 n" e+ v( A) u( G) e' P: `
( b$ Y$ z6 C4 U0 F. EM：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.

' ~- z' N# k& P3 h. m( HL：Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢？

' t2 W9 w, O3 N, Z: E+ V5 f  {/ iM：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.
, a8 `7 [4 Z4 V2 e4 `/ }+ s
* y$ y& _  l8 ^2 L+ u: N! vL：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？

2 u1 A, N0 G% U. o! j% c$ W8 i3 Q5 RM：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
* i( T( k& C1 Y& \2 p
7 }- a0 Z" z' G6 `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。

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.

L：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！
  \: v7 t: j" [; r3 i$ ?2 l
; R! I. p9 G" U. M) U0 @) bM：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
/ c+ N2 L2 `# h. N5 k- z; [
0 ?  o! d5 O/ k% \. Q% ~: yL：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。
4 M" y. F+ z# d# I: _% T
$ \! u" k. }3 P, gM：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
7 M5 N9 ^4 T! {3 M  R9 c, H6 q' ~
L：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？
; A& w, d3 p8 X9 ?5 ]5 ~; X
0 @# `3 x6 X) U9 M( a. w6 lM：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.

5 G2 R- ]. K! ZL：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？
& K1 F3 a' ~& L) _' {, c
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.
( ?9 n4 }9 D6 Z- E" P5 V
- Y4 V9 F- ^' k1 U; `; g( [/ w( nL：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？

6 V, m. v0 L( V% D' I  ?1 E* JM：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
0 L' l) j1 m) L4 _! Q
L：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。
; w( r* k; u7 Q
3 u: g+ ^# ~+ v1 a& W  G# i% xM：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.

) A* i8 z" U# v& F- x( U- {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.

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？
" k% b1 [8 e7 j1 i& j, z: V* `
+ k: F: K' _- U; g. M1 N% `M：Thanks so much, Li Hua!
/ M' ]+ ]5 `: j
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。
9 B8 z1 n! c3 K. k, g6 F
; C* K- n) W0 Z8 n$ DAudio as following:
& O6 t; J- R0 L1 \0 _& k$ x

redrunner