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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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/ N9 \% v6 t6 C$ V2 `L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。2 A5 v* E) h6 I5 G
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.# s5 O/ O4 B, T

8 {: Y& C' |1 D: n' O  z/ p/ o  I5 x) l5 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?- u" ~7 J! l' T9 w' \
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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) w; @* ~+ u4 i- G  a3 w7 k- TL:(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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% m3 \: s0 V" N6 k3 C- d% i1 NM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.% g5 E$ Z( ~- ~& Y1 O+ f4 ~
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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" w3 x2 S1 I7 MM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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/ ^' g8 W; w8 SL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?# N* {  e& ?" m: X  c5 e

. m) O2 e6 z6 _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.1 t3 h7 R) F! l7 Z; C6 R
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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?6 G; l+ ~' K6 [: X& Y+ t
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.! X" O2 f5 L- g2 G
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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。8 {, Q& V, ]5 e4 b2 G1 R5 B" B- }1 c

0 _" ~: m3 L7 Y! fM: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., \$ W8 |: U" R0 c  o
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!
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, U# r8 g$ `/ G+ }- QM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
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- j+ N/ F& ^- r; n0 c2 v2 xL: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。
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- K7 z+ ^$ u7 c& u5 H! k) ?/ G3 @M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.6 a* f  P, i& [/ L) E3 O

1 W* w7 W2 D* u3 u- r0 EL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?( P2 L1 g/ T, S

6 G# B5 N) a; q8 O: s: X; [1 eM:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.
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8 f8 f6 y, C* L9 }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.
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3 m/ W2 P2 I7 ^- i8 O  W1 SL: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?* F9 h8 S" ~- I, L5 N& m, ~

6 h8 N1 c5 a5 J7 FM: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。
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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.# m. V/ a& x3 t8 D

" {. h% \5 x/ o9 cL: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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) R( i  T9 m9 G! I. @3 TM: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?5 i" P3 J! J+ {) ~* |

* x' N) }1 a6 V/ {, L5 fM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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$ d' I+ _2 ]8 ?, W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。( I0 t* ^# G0 S) X. E6 V

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