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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.2 l& p/ ?8 _* S: x

, r# e0 B9 S5 A" n5 }: s3 R! H- nL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。: k. ~# K! Z! ]$ q7 g) @

3 D2 A+ ^' g# w2 JM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.9 ~( ^2 A  V3 {& \) V2 \1 l
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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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5 J) D( x6 U3 b. y  L1 \* q% h/ tM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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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?& ]3 h* F1 j  N. {& V

# q% F; t- F2 o- x1 l8 ?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?; _7 m7 G( t9 b3 p  W
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.  U) u; b. H; f0 Z8 a/ W6 a( Z

' l( V/ W+ X8 }- ZL: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.& ~) i" j: G8 ?- H

2 G/ k0 ~5 C/ O" x8 N1 P  OL: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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3 r; v2 \7 L2 |8 Q+ ZL: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。  P  y8 ?% M. o- @& V) D2 ], a
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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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$ f/ d. a+ i6 T/ U- yL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!
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, f3 g& {* v( a3 z! lM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
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1 }5 I' t4 m' j: H9 NL: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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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.7 v( x/ z1 }. M; Q

+ V2 N- E& J9 s% ML: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.: f& ?0 x! K, q

4 \- C  |! S/ i" B. n$ FL: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?; L5 B# y% M+ v; w1 K( e
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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.
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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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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?7 j- [& H! n6 ?6 G- V, x$ K

7 f/ g: a1 q7 @  f7 E0 LL: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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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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* t7 S3 K& R" e, l3 B" wM: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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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?
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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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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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