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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M：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.

* n* b2 S8 K' v" ]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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  @9 a  m0 A; a  j" _% h8 c4 SL：(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？

, H2 P, S5 ?: a: j0 P. `+ UM：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.

- T7 \# A" e4 N3 Z7 S6 VL：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained?
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) @1 g* Q+ I& r1 j) @- l: I( yM：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.

L：Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢？

% r; w# U7 x% d( Q; q$ v6 A, O  I4 `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.

8 W" i% d) C/ U' I+ a. ]# n& TL：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.

7 n3 _4 q+ S$ |2 p% z& Q) EL：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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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.

2 H  ~" I, [6 E# a7 {- T7 y+ f% HL：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！

/ G, I/ `9 C6 K6 hM：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
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# m5 x3 }: }" j6 `& EL：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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" h4 R; M9 \5 wM：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.

1 k, J7 s" P  C( s+ I7 ~& WL：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？
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# k9 [$ b6 W, o/ y9 m5 F  FM：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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! W8 W* z3 v5 D: B; T; 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？
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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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* K4 R/ e  O4 O, f( u9 u1 L0 |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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8 f4 u8 Y3 c4 gM：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?

1 @3 Y( J: X# G0 s9 ?: T: PL：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。

M：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.

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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) `; j- B# z) p8 }9 I5 s: EM：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.

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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7 [' M0 C% b2 l* V1 ?# x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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