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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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" v8 |, w3 {/ Z8 @L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。4 X7 V" n) X; _2 X6 G2 d
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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0 z& W' Z4 i5 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?" ~8 Y& i! e9 ~5 S

; Q; y7 O1 r; S- y% d4 W! tM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.+ A/ h9 X8 H9 n* o+ Y; s( o

  B9 w  n6 w) v2 IL:(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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- W4 t! s, h/ i6 _( Q1 B* i; Y1 c; aM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep." O" v4 D" o9 o, h: w; ?

- a7 l7 r( @* k6 z, [' WL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.5 }4 V9 g% {! ^% X. n" T0 r8 d* O& |$ Y

6 ^8 G- S; j" r. PL: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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2 B' q$ i- @: ^/ KM: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.3 g* z, X- D/ d  S, S2 g6 C

. l) l' ]( P& qL: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?: b( Y  R' {* X: L7 x: c
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.$ z" S4 ~5 O. L' Z+ d

6 v2 _: q0 v( v% v8 iL: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。1 `% z1 w) J# F) V2 `

" N* x2 o  G/ F# @6 vM: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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6 v0 U# E- j# S( ?; h3 a, d3 XL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!9 j, K8 e3 l1 A* p* A8 K

" q7 _' k$ _/ B# y% IM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
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L: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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; K1 E! s) w. U2 ]M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.$ l, _! m0 f) ~  ^

9 |$ j9 p2 L+ L1 n) v. VL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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6 m5 G1 D5 l7 F" F, i/ jM:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.1 Q5 a7 H- N$ Q& J  K) F

  ^7 b/ j) w  Q9 tL: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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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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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?! E8 H: C: D- \- d1 z

7 _/ z* h9 o* y% K( yL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。5 K) ?* V7 P( c& i; W7 F7 G
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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./ h, I: n" y. h" L. N4 N, d
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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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7 y; ^& I7 C6 F8 O/ }8 Z7 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.. C6 y9 ?9 J  a. G& b' R, \
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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?! |3 z- K8 w7 f) L. }; K; B% J
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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!$ y. b) E. E* i3 E
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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。  @- P* N$ g" l7 N+ b' V8 S

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