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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。! ^; E2 O# j+ m2 [+ }/ U

3 Y4 R* l1 i- x1 }6 F% XM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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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." u1 j4 v8 _/ _2 H
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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?% M" ^7 K( i' i: z2 C$ L
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.* v8 V& X! u3 l: g' F' M

  ~& P) [; I: J% d$ l' \L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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; h% T: L$ d6 ^8 y" C! wM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted./ s( x9 w7 J2 J, k1 k1 P( [
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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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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./ ^8 w% u! W5 ~+ b

& V: h- C+ m6 s" M' t# |9 T, a( \) kL: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.
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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。3 T6 q9 r8 s" z9 L' w2 k

- q" h8 r! u/ J5 uM: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." q1 Y+ x, |( M5 o- I2 G( _
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!
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9 F+ B2 `2 p+ \0 TM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip., O3 @$ {7 ~# b" c
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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。
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8 u8 r# q* e% eM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
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' M1 w& k0 I! s7 r: cL: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.
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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?1 h5 Q, d7 \+ M1 Z. ]" t9 k6 |

7 t  ]9 t6 M3 k3 e: j$ Y3 \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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2 W% X/ o! ?: r" }# oL: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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" N6 H& @: G" aM: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.
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' p) l, i  Y) c2 }8 Y' m7 w3 @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.8 Y( f0 d7 d$ m7 b1 M6 G
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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.4 D& K0 f  B. G/ f5 j1 i' Q$ f( z

$ i8 v5 s5 H' h! o/ e0 n3 e, aL: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?& m. x/ t: b" M1 D, Q' F

+ F) d" l0 r  W1 X  h' |M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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7 s) D/ T) ^4 j" P5 t( T+ H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。' U, ?2 a+ u0 H) N8 C1 @0 m/ I; t) x
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