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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." C  G9 t4 |" w* K5 S$ t! I
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。, x/ v7 |7 \2 s8 ?6 J9 Q

' N1 K: g; x" W% x0 sM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.( m9 Y$ X) F- i: ^) N# X+ V4 X

' e& ?& Y( F) _+ _3 S+ @+ z; oL: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?3 |' s$ e* j4 e/ i  V7 w8 _4 B

$ P: ~' m* H7 Q0 n9 cM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.# v! j+ a: [( \% d$ g& ^7 Y
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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?; Z+ G/ z% @" o, y8 b, I+ L! K

& V( o! ^) q$ C# Y2 l4 O6 d5 F  ZM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.+ }' f- l# G, G: l7 W- {
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?% ?& Q% @8 t- t: ^9 _6 N" C
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.* X1 [/ }- J# R
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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?
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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.
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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?+ p4 ^+ u' X/ A6 G" r% B: g% U# X

4 Y' t4 I$ }5 j" v2 @M: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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! B2 W, ]* [" e7 R9 f! ?1 ~: [, mM: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.! _8 U( @9 \8 [9 A9 y3 f$ n
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!* N7 B9 ]1 \: f" x# X. j4 h

/ s4 ^: I7 J. U. @M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
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! \% f8 V) I, K! O% gL: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。' U! ]1 z, q* I
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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.2 y* B$ {- c) z2 F5 @! G6 B
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?5 U" x  h# X' p

; |9 `0 ?* z, ^$ T, N8 G6 ~8 Y2 `M:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.: Z( ]  O' n1 M  I
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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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* d/ I+ r' s- y! H) {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.5 X  y) B4 Y# v  W- l  b; l. u+ E
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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?" Y* Y, ?6 s3 s4 J& j
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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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6 I( x! t, d4 \( uL: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.
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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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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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" w1 \% B* @! r0 h9 n7 SL: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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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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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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