流行美语教程 Lesson 10: drained & wired

Xbfeng

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 W- `+ o4 E. [; [0 z4 C6 {L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。

M：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
9 Y' p% C7 g; U1 Y
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？

8 W$ O/ _8 W$ a4 ~% d, zM：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
1 X; z2 l* n( C8 y$ d8 b
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？
4 I2 Y7 W* ]* j
! k- X! Z7 e! b% O8 ~! cM：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
# J% d. P9 _7 o! o& K& p9 h
- y% v, ?  Y' v. O& c6 r$ S* EL：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained?
! G# Q: p: I: F. f" [
1 X# z' W5 R# E% tM：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
  P8 m( A" \  D" Z% Q" p
' O& M# A! J- U$ R, k% _0 H/ V$ KL：Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢？
- R7 U, o; }6 h/ 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.
, y5 ]. q9 r1 B& ?0 u- Q2 U
6 g; S& H6 s. \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？
" |% y% q; j6 O1 a
0 K$ ^& `$ h. R. TM：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
& U6 ?, }5 v( U. ]
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。
' G# k7 z8 R( y! R. E/ O
, I( _; F* X0 vM：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.
0 P8 ]1 F; w+ z& S
L：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！
# h) P! d* W  x. @0 S  {; ^
' M: {( s; }; ~6 FM：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.

2 {. J& R1 T8 d$ m2 f0 I9 c3 w7 cL：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。
$ i7 W' z, ^3 w# a8 _
M：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.

L：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？
; z" r6 t9 a8 j# F; q
M：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.

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？
8 f3 y1 E6 K' C+ B4 {4 w1 L6 l
8 u* y8 T) p/ ~- e3 N5 [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.

" [7 V* h# D8 ]; A0 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？

M：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?

L：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。
3 W; H* q4 y6 Q' ?6 _; \# Q( [
! O0 \5 u2 D: \$ R2 X( ^M：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.

2 b1 W0 Q" o- d: S, X, a" XL：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.

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.

# F7 e% i# D1 x/ n7 S. c- hL：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？
, R( ]& {6 r- L5 u$ F8 n6 S
M：Thanks so much, Li Hua!
/ q' ^6 `3 I* }2 V/ L% X$ k3 z; |+ A
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。

Audio as following:

redrunner