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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.1 m$ R$ Q! @- n3 C% M' R3 |

( [/ e6 }& w" xL: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.$ g' v% L' Z" a: W# y
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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?) ]4 u4 N9 }% D# ?
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way." F7 O; ?) |5 D( D/ T
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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?9 g4 k3 w( b1 T* [& s7 {7 Y

1 p: F" p% E, B9 S7 `M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
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& r; q0 u3 f, W$ V' n" XL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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% j& U7 ~+ i# v- q5 NM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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' D3 z' B' U* ?L:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?3 Y3 W8 g: e$ T# g2 w
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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.
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( J' Y$ ~% G" C( ]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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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.+ _* _' E9 S- f. H7 ?4 x

, _9 m: _& J# g" t+ w1 qL: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.
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!* O& N1 A0 S) m# }: Y! {

; t& `: G! g1 G, V3 U* T6 p" LM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.# m9 _/ O7 z6 V& X& y

0 R. J, I  x' L: i$ u' eL: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。! p3 ?$ z8 S9 U0 ?

) f+ Y9 I% z1 LM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
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6 }" X+ B% X4 \5 ~L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?) ?  |1 E8 E' H6 i

: L, {% I0 D7 t: u) b0 u! bM:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.4 ^  K2 x) |5 K. d7 p7 f8 p; n/ r

3 s$ n: Q4 o$ EL: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?3 O9 x# M  \" U3 u3 U) j

+ c. x3 W" ~) P1 x0 ~2 ~% \2 O  HM: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.- T; n3 Q) r8 o

$ G% x) c  b5 ~* o7 S1 j' X- mL: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?' N" K# M5 Y1 W: p8 t9 k

) b& I3 k& A6 w/ E% E( sM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?9 `; Z- o( A- h% {

# ^. L$ Q& Z" ]! `8 ?, H- LL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。% P2 H+ {+ T( ]& C

1 V( {- A. i$ P$ `1 H; UM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.  q9 f# f4 J( q% {

( Y1 W% l5 T/ d7 v" |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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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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! g7 @2 S$ v* i1 J) g' _+ X0 ML: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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- K, l% o  b" U1 P" r% U6 LM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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+ @  q& K8 g2 W5 J/ Z* k* S# L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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