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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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" @* w" }7 C" f3 C+ K5 Z& ]L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。7 A( ?. S& w  O! i6 R; y

8 d  P6 j0 C. j7 N" F. BM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.+ f  l) I; W8 }: t3 M
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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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: o4 V: T) Y6 Q+ C* G# KM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.8 @) M- H" {. T7 e. z, O

# j/ y. u4 N, F  J4 A1 b2 c1 W7 OL:(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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! _/ M( A/ n' c1 {/ V. OM: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?
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: n# Z" h3 ~/ WM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.: m4 G  i6 |9 j. z7 `4 D

2 s/ Q+ S& Y+ P7 b' `, p0 k/ F) RL: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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0 K7 w% P9 _+ HM: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.9 |& s! W' Y6 w: ]+ A, m
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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?3 G& z3 X7 v$ z8 {$ N! N! z2 a  p

. a# }: j; Q0 H/ O* x8 HM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms." `4 u- g: c( V: l8 G) L

" G1 D3 E3 s# `% J2 V5 q+ 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!
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
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' [7 r9 B" c% n) U- uL: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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- Y3 q  k7 M, W, ]. D; n3 t4 xM: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?
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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 c  k: K6 {" t/ H" q8 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?2 \6 `  L# B. D

* h1 A+ V' n( z+ c+ F, G- P5 _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.& z$ q: W8 ^* ?$ W( @
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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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! U4 R  B! Q! S% O  c0 J9 Y2 k. \/ ^7 uM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?% ?6 \. y$ Z2 [* b7 {/ o

* K( O( ]& O0 C: y& {5 N2 m1 GL: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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1 ]7 ~7 e) T! @: nM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.7 B% F1 D4 `  I9 }
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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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( J8 v0 Q% {8 W9 q' b* iM: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.4 s. Z  |# I: V3 t8 m

7 U9 h! ~- `. Y5 p' ?: q9 c3 y2 e! LL: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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5 I4 S8 g) C+ _6 H/ W- E# A% F& VM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!  G$ i) |+ n& c" ^% V, n  n8 u
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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。- [. H6 J; m; g+ G" t0 F9 W) `5 F
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