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.

4 H* Y# P* _6 P6 e# k9 bL：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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% N. }) f9 c; S- \9 C* nL：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？

* D& z/ U, e) E& r% bM：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.

2 k7 a) |' R& }3 dL：(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？

2 N1 z8 {" q3 q4 t: NM：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
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8 d0 b" R9 S" O* e3 g6 c" V8 z2 hL：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained?

M：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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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？

& a! Q! n6 ?9 HM：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.

) e  b2 F+ y" ?0 R/ s9 `  e; }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？

% F6 C6 W0 K  \8 E+ q8 OM：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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* t& l7 s& B* ?% WL：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。

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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( I' \: s3 e/ s& e+ t0 q$ Y) X) C& OL：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！

/ K8 `4 r- [3 }/ O5 W+ s6 rM：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.

4 \- D  O# i+ YL：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：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.

  Z7 f. I+ C+ v& f3 y% [$ IL：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？

9 Q; L9 q) u1 r. ^0 K1 |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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, |4 @2 n$ n4 J4 @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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) N" {8 c6 F* I7 NM：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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7 N  o- r% M! r+ K7 NL：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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  x& ~6 N& L* e5 j7 l% @. AM：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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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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! ]9 S$ t8 D# ZM：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.

- V) N) S7 n; y: e4 GL：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.

5 C# @+ o$ K8 c/ Q" C; g3 nM：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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) K2 a& P' V2 V- KL：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？

M：Thanks so much, Li Hua!

6 y5 `8 h  K/ r* y% t, o& e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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