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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., B5 T. B, h% I+ ?

/ I8 Y. _( I$ s# X5 j5 J+ yL: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.1 c5 F; D+ i8 d, r

: [6 E: |: B" @* s) R: X1 f* KL: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.
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" ]' j6 o. [: |4 i( {! i( q( J& jL:(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?# v5 }8 X& j+ j$ u5 L- h
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M: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?. m6 X" N# O. T4 n  W) j, w
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.7 S; Y* ?! A: f) {
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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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+ D2 N$ \; v# T" L+ A& }+ a: YM: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 F. d( ?  ?6 A- L9 p0 U
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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?* n) o+ K5 p$ t+ f. i8 V  A
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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。" y9 {3 K' l9 L' I0 v! p( E
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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!# m& X$ M; K9 P; }

1 |2 ~  r- Q) w5 r+ \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。
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' E. ?: S5 s+ S( Y! B$ MM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.& j- z* \- `, z! Z4 S4 `; d+ e

$ i) m* r3 K5 ]+ PL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?( o& z- B1 a. y  i* a/ N5 d) u+ y, c7 c
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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?
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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.  |  U/ [  ^3 \0 m2 x

9 b6 E; I& M6 J; C, A, {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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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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; h  N# L0 L/ g- j9 U0 oL: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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# c# ~. C; b9 E/ M! a" ]% }. R- MM: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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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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: r0 H6 x5 ?: d0 Z! lM: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 G( f2 J6 t" _0 p- @3 e

" D3 m9 h5 e# [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?: h) `# `# _- K4 S4 y

7 `7 H; V# [" _! X1 B5 KM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!/ A5 ?7 ]  g; i% p4 v
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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。
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