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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.
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。1 B) h! m0 W' u1 x
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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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., R6 V; f( |; Q, P2 y0 _; O# `# j

% v4 i4 A1 @* j* j! ]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?, H+ n4 g: o' r, Q* r

  R6 }- R- c  g( u5 w; rM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.1 w- r1 H/ @4 q' g1 j# j7 e" w
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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% H- y. Q. J; m! l) d, }3 hM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.; F* w6 g* u, a: m- S
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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?5 J7 U% |9 L6 V: v% l' c

+ T/ j' z. P* d8 Z* X9 d- qM: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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4 ^8 X- J( j7 E8 AL: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?1 E- b3 O! U5 T; F! x

( _, w, G( E2 m% v1 B. X9 xM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms." |* Y7 t8 `9 \4 d+ |
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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。5 z& L; U# [# W
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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.
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5 n$ Q- U/ P* H4 [- n3 n$ Q  WL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!) r! w+ @7 q( r5 v

* u( \$ y, M: N* }M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
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/ }! b1 n( A* Q' s3 V# C! \- jL: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。/ m, c& @6 m  L0 }: d; a

0 f0 C& D9 e0 x: b  k: C+ tM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are., V9 _% H# o/ j; R: S3 n& R, _9 K  x
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?4 b, A- X, O+ Q
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M: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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% A1 J, ^0 ^! T9 L& N! 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?! Q& m1 b% {) B( |

3 V( A. b( U0 N5 V7 q9 I# e7 G( ~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.  B! }$ j# _, d" u" K; ?0 ?. L* i
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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?
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) z9 k/ P1 V# `$ G: V$ P  jM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?) B" M/ N6 I- X# B9 e3 u
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L: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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2 R  U7 n2 D: VM: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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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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4 h" P' X& h" H2 `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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