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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L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。
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M：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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1 v0 a# C6 |; G; Q, mL：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 o* L, Z# Y' \8 x; J7 J2 ]( nM：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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+ w6 w2 B; f. L6 ~4 I3 U/ B8 a# 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？

: m- S5 e9 y9 Q' m" A; R$ W$ ~M：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
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$ c3 e8 R# ~) Q& Z0 }L：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained?

) R* w% r9 p4 g! T" V8 t, V& V: N6 lM：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？

+ h! b+ M% n# t5 i/ 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.

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？
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; F  x7 q' x+ S0 P: k# g8 o: r4 ]) EM：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.

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。

! {/ i) P6 d" F$ g5 X! f' h, OM：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.

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M：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.

% |7 k, ^  [0 m& U8 s/ OL：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？

9 J& |1 a8 [" f0 ^  e7 {% qM：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.

5 N0 }; }/ ^" f+ D. |; cL：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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/ h# [7 c" p4 C8 E7 Y. Y3 ~0 Z6 [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？

$ e" ~( x/ }4 o8 h- V, e/ OM：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?

: R3 E; J& e! IL：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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& X$ s5 I2 J9 [/ T  K7 o& a6 l9 gM：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.

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.

- K1 b2 }, n, v# {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？

* V7 g+ W3 |! r5 d5 n9 xM：Thanks so much, Li Hua!

! j0 e5 G: U, x" w! c$ n; v. ]0 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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