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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.- J9 s- w4 B# H. `" D8 J) r

$ `6 D/ t$ p9 P  tL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。$ O% _* g) g8 P  \

" o9 r7 {: f8 e5 u4 qM: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.
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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?
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.0 Y% j: n1 |0 T# I6 l9 B6 s

2 a" K: x9 T- y) Q3 R* dL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?+ u( h) t0 j; O: q

) h: x4 f& ^! @* f6 mM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.8 f* z: n" X. J1 S/ v5 x

, G- u: N+ ^3 jL: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.; f) E$ \9 ^* U2 H

9 j% F8 m1 B3 G4 }+ YL: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?, y" @7 O* g) M; J1 U4 s; ]$ ^4 b
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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7 m: `. X, I2 `& _) L( T1 \/ HL: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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, Q/ o8 P/ M0 X2 K& j$ x, WM: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!
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.1 b5 j( Z% Y3 M

5 c& |2 ^" m+ F) w. pL: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.; f2 Y8 ]- _  T- ?1 H! p) ^6 M

+ q" U: W7 T- E+ L5 E6 `& i4 n! @L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?# U& c3 D# U% b% ]. h1 C. s* |; y
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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?# E& H! z# A' }
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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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" o' r' o7 K/ e/ iL: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 I' d, q8 p4 E* @2 ?

! z5 `  y/ a6 l, Y( t- wL: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.5 L, S! T# _, u9 F. f

( d  B/ N/ E) ~# W, gL: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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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?8 k+ Q: e# N6 z

& G1 @5 d, F1 i0 m0 A3 FM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!. f  D0 P+ B* r

: y' F, y) m3 l6 M* m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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