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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.1 ], N8 b/ y$ E

7 ?, f% a; `, t( d9 pL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。, U" d) X. q( s8 r3 R: p9 D  b- P7 J
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.7 Z; e: u4 {  O' {

2 {6 X2 I6 F, _) \! }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?6 i6 b  e* R0 o; }: }" c# w4 K

3 h0 G& H7 T) O" H1 t3 TM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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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?4 ]6 J& R- a7 g: f' p# f
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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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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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  o. w4 [+ f3 \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?
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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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  ?" J7 _- r: I* `1 C. jL: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?6 Z3 c4 E  G" F' F

4 k6 f4 a+ c: Z5 EM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.0 D7 ~( m7 s! {0 c+ Z. W
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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。) \# F( I: i' P) 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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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!5 b  m# O5 C  {+ {4 f8 K
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.  b8 {( I4 P2 Q3 C* {  N& a: U8 K

# N  @. F: M% k+ Z# A6 P1 P- q" D( R6 AL: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。
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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.2 Q, Q) `2 T1 l6 ]: @& K

5 f  c- J) q, l5 [$ ^; r$ l" q/ ]L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?* R  q! b$ O8 N

* J# t* @3 |% h  e2 Y5 lM:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy., x+ S5 F; b7 d8 _9 c4 }7 x+ O
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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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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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0 n0 U: u; Q' T/ A8 y+ i6 EL: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?" g/ n" H& K5 s6 A  W$ x4 [3 q5 b, t6 v

  g+ W8 G' O8 d: r  [$ sM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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  `* {0 Q1 P. Q1 Z5 k2 VL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。  r$ j: t0 a% O7 R
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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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* \; I  \* o3 b# j% G& N. Y3 DL: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./ S4 V/ w0 y6 I% q! {1 L* J4 x

& s5 W3 i, ?; q' cM: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?6 ^" ~4 G- \9 _: x& H
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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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  G: S5 L- p" S* j$ j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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