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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./ _. F# `* L# K- ~8 [7 A. w
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L: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.
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( u" B. z9 N* t7 j, Y8 _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.
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3 l# p6 D/ {* f+ |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?7 f8 b/ [, N$ U; ^. B4 R1 ~
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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?3 k  ]3 Y  [1 q# Z
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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7 {" n- R2 b4 c& G0 C" k+ SL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?- c5 ?7 z( j( U+ H: |
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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.0 d  I0 E8 O  f: z9 ?# A
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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?  \1 T5 H0 t( y/ Z4 R
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.) H  |7 S$ k0 ^; Y7 j' [5 ?" R5 S
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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。2 Q/ ?  r( [0 v
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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.7 m; i! D( Q. V: k2 l, j" h/ A
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!( }6 x; Q0 c, m5 k' u; S! D
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.: A) k5 F) I3 v/ F+ h1 F

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* R& o5 _6 x& }0 z. e1 lM: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?8 M; n$ q$ C8 y7 _; {" g0 M
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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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" R2 {6 M. V8 g6 y- j# pL: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.6 a" n5 s& ]# }9 P; u( a+ O
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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?% ]/ P4 ]( o' E1 e$ |

& U; R. c5 n5 `M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?* m( c9 Y/ Z1 `1 w0 @, L/ g
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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。& j. R4 D% t2 e7 ]
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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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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.
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) Z/ z/ G) x; CM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!, K" x0 s4 ]* O- m2 w; |5 X* R& B, ?' p+ S
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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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