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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.8 \3 U: h6 G, Z7 A0 ?# }$ B

9 {7 h5 {3 u" tL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。! e6 Q& j3 n( ]- N- l0 t3 `6 n

# a) `! ^- h* ]/ U7 Y7 h0 eM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.' I" K$ O0 Z5 K4 s6 r% R

* `, [' K0 ^# I" DL: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.* {" ?- F1 _+ [" C/ T

; f$ S, e9 d" |4 ?% C  `: 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?
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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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# ^' E* O! X" M) H, tL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?7 S7 K: b6 Z9 }& ]6 x$ `

* a$ g1 G) h# ]1 iM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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7 D2 T0 T; q! W" a* ?$ q/ g3 bL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?* e% V) E( n2 Q& q

/ w* ?- P& a8 bM: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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8 g2 a( E/ e9 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?; I9 ^( @6 j  ~

. o2 |# N9 w( ~* J  N+ P8 jM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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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。
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+ u5 ?2 B& n! d: u: DM: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!" ~" p; i7 d7 t; E0 x6 c/ v# o+ ~
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.# J  l$ u5 z4 V) p" W
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L: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。! n9 O! B9 H% F* m% E0 m. n

( [( b2 F) e! I5 W3 G% o% e$ |& sM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.% z- y/ m( E2 L! G' O

  b6 y$ k; d/ ~L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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5 Z. K* A2 C+ f7 x; KM: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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; a" {! R0 f( {& s# e7 N' HL: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?' x# J. u- ]8 T' y+ k
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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.) U3 `( }( X. K& p8 `

4 u8 z6 ^  T- `" 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?  t$ ]1 Z. q9 d8 s: }

- r7 T: D. h1 T# J$ p% L# B. H; L8 vM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?6 [! ^) a# z! q/ Y

" k9 W% T8 X- l1 b" zL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。) I2 `- L& u+ O
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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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4 N0 A. F8 y- u& LL: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.6 l/ Q2 ?7 u- o: `9 P

& t' h2 J5 g$ g) D" fM: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?
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" R- o/ N0 P2 W, S$ FM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!' P7 @+ v" b4 s5 n% \% m5 Q

; y3 w" x. j; n& W* r6 p( m0 N- G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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