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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.) L9 N7 K, B! ?

' ^8 A0 m) U6 A& KL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。& K5 t* d, G( J+ J8 }$ ^6 B0 p& I

% b% I  Q) S" {% OM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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2 C% B6 r: v! B/ ?9 @" e; qL: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?; h( |" ~% ^' h
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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, Q) I- J# r: {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?
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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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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.% x% S3 t- o7 O; I+ e
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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?1 e5 `2 V  L1 I' A$ y- p$ o" o
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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.8 d$ C! ^. B: H( [

8 z& b, S0 ]  ^+ t1 E0 IL: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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0 ]2 v- B4 Q3 OM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.8 r, }* z6 k& z1 ~( c# R

- p, n3 A) k! kL: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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$ X* {9 V& T8 q2 u5 NM: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.( d% {3 [  Y' a$ \; `4 U6 @& O# T9 f
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!3 y+ _0 t- v; {; d$ x$ @! [

3 E( b2 V6 E$ K# xM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.( R8 w; L  @" ~6 ]1 d/ B

  b  B$ ]7 }0 e! y$ 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。" c6 I8 P$ i4 l  n$ T$ g+ s

9 W! A' P% I; M+ M1 Q$ T0 H* w0 KM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
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$ N3 V$ ]% m, Q  W2 z1 kL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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4 O* H$ `' v+ ~6 R5 v" w# iM:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.6 g7 H4 ]0 s# A/ N) }4 D# Y' b: |& Q
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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?3 B& M, B: ^1 S4 @, Y
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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.# M. Y% t& Y5 d

6 C/ R, O) L, R2 [6 m+ b  xL: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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4 f) m2 p: S+ }& p! FM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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0 `8 l, u$ V' c& I( p+ J, f% A3 CL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。: G" y+ Q3 z9 L3 }" N" D& |  N4 c; e

2 {# A5 y) ~; c- U- c1 f7 U1 Y8 kM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.% \: ^! E; y( C3 I
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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.) l! k3 |% g' I

' f4 N/ h  k% d$ o; R2 B: zM: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., o1 S9 ^9 y  m
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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 i+ Z: @  C; k9 L* ^! c

; Q3 {% N5 J" U0 o( z: I- sM: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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