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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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  `) |' H8 Z9 }7 [6 K2 IL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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: k' r+ v" g* W5 j' e- I3 B  SM: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?5 D& `$ k1 u0 U1 E8 q/ f* h
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.# d( U, g" m' S+ i( U4 P% P8 O

) Z9 J/ Z- A- @! y  nL:(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?6 ~+ ?. k. V8 U

- A$ F$ U" [) ~2 QM: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?' J% @) M) Z0 c' o

. K7 Z/ h& L% N: w) n  h$ ~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?8 V6 A2 w' n" s

( P: ?6 G, N2 k# X* ?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.
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9 C1 t, n# N. C8 a6 lL: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?, z8 W! F3 \1 l' l) j# |
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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$ S+ w+ U( R+ |  a8 j+ OL: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。
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. d& R$ d: C: r. ~. G% q5 ZM: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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- x& F' O$ I1 @( YL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!, b* y+ e9 U1 w2 Q. i4 o" l
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.- U. D% B. f. ~- ]9 x/ [

9 j' ?) s3 n0 q; z+ D6 bL: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。0 M7 \$ |  c" {) C- _

5 }& G* T& m/ Z) D/ P( hM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.$ D4 C0 X8 t8 f' q+ F: B

9 X% O7 O3 j; @% U! z1 OL: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?
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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. g& I& v! t& k: @! w8 lL: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?& c$ l1 A% I3 b, {4 B9 C9 `
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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?, s1 E8 ^4 w0 w- ^* N; K
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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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3 W0 Z- s6 V% s+ K* H- RM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.5 D7 s7 t& e1 L* G, \2 ]# D

# ?" U) q9 }7 U! s/ iL: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., e/ f" X4 U* @4 L1 r, a

4 e) a3 F. M1 \) h" \3 x8 tM: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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0 }" ?, g* {4 u; Z7 S9 m) U* `3 eL: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?4 D8 P$ T' H/ a. w) L. s& D
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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!. f, {* t! _1 a. a0 O' ]

  `6 R+ \& J1 I4 @& F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。4 g: K6 n6 m1 D$ ^0 n
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