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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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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.0 x- |: i6 w9 e  Q: D
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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?
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.2 n# I2 J; H+ G9 c% O* V

/ h  W1 l( Z8 c. k. X- x3 aL:(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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4 ^& C# w5 j- B) y. M; QM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.  d: I2 Q  X5 L$ S" q% ^% t

8 D: u  @+ e9 x- F0 Y# q% x/ AL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?5 Z* I: L1 r* g2 f5 M6 Y4 _
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.$ H  O5 y! n9 r  C

" k- V- a0 g+ [, h- k2 Y* dL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?. r( V7 y: W9 ?2 q. |5 K
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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.( F) H- L% W- ~% g* Q
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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?8 [2 ~) ?' f/ x. i7 |# ~

% r6 \. `) c4 U/ M6 vM: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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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.4 _" W' Z5 O1 Y, {0 L- S& Y) P' U$ i, p* f

, L1 @1 p4 z; P" W( PL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!
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+ L; u" ^1 Y9 Z8 j( \M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
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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。3 m" ?* W5 H1 s3 h( c2 R$ i# f% O

5 \2 r1 x& \/ l$ I0 tM: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?9 k1 B; O# ~/ [: Y6 o
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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.7 o1 I& j* E2 K: J6 P$ N1 \6 K
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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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' {) K, O0 ~+ _( E$ t/ |. XM: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.+ e+ l; g9 T* {0 B$ V/ k1 D
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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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5 `7 y& N& Y0 oM: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.$ ]6 [+ M1 s( \
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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.; g5 `& C; ]* C; E# a4 W

# [" x7 A& K8 H) O# V& u2 X% XM: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.& u( x% X' J8 d/ J3 E: {
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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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* Y' M# w6 j; \( B5 D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。0 G7 I' s4 o8 C, u0 N
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