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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.& D" _2 \  }; N2 I' x- C
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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% N# F/ u2 U# g5 Z! c+ l- M* t8 ]M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time." z1 G- m( F; }6 z
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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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, x7 y4 G& B$ h; o) SM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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0 O+ ?! K: c, v' k  yL:(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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: y' R( ?9 A4 H7 j6 E' n3 X, UM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
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  ^1 I+ c, Y+ Z" {  m  D8 y. _L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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L: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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. s, T" i. |/ x5 ~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.+ [0 Y; n7 n& b$ a3 h5 T
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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?
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.9 y7 N! p9 h/ w
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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。! f9 N! I8 B7 m+ ^# ~/ R
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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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9 C8 r4 k1 G5 b- B: VL: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。1 u  q# ~$ w/ B: \0 x+ q1 l

/ |5 c; c  z) ^6 ?7 R( \M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.2 y2 [3 i8 ^! E3 c  a; ?% d( l
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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0 k7 X+ g8 Y& {4 i) G6 j; NM: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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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?0 D# q, l+ ]% |7 j

! L5 ]; U/ d5 p' L* }9 X; GM: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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) q$ R+ H4 ^' U4 \9 r# ?- CL: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?& e$ r# \! l% V( K- S, v  g
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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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5 X& ]$ K2 y. A- a4 G. O( }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.9 o6 T0 n6 X" D- a+ _* m7 v- g

. X- V( H! F. \9 ]3 C- n& \% gL: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.1 S! g9 }# K, `; p0 H

( x0 H# T% f. @- k# j! oL: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?% \. g4 b7 E/ b9 q! `2 j9 G
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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!5 a  j( @) c# S: f$ K5 Y
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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。% T  F7 N2 b% n; h7 @
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