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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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- K4 [" _" i. }, K4 LL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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! f5 w" C' f' T; UM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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$ ?% o# u; y( c) R+ }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?) E  z4 ^0 S2 i' g: b6 |
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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. f* z$ Q& Z8 K/ Z3 NL:(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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* K7 L: Y( ?5 `6 t7 {; FM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
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% N; v4 M* Y& i* qL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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. R1 p/ w1 h) W6 eM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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# V3 J3 t+ s. r; e/ I0 UL: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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5 t3 Q/ t1 j: R+ 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.8 t5 M3 t0 j3 H) K
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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?
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( Y) J5 g# k: l# o9 oM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.' i5 s3 X, a. F3 t; G4 i: ~& k1 A

2 z1 Q  h1 \' P+ @, [9 |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。) R( n1 A$ ^# j

4 W: o, C6 \" f$ O* ~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." z. o# O- Q5 \1 ?) _
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!, X2 K2 Y/ }3 [8 a. a# P
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
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6 c; C. K+ x* Z. u4 r9 O* rL: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.
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?' C1 R1 R6 p# r* O+ u3 a# z& x# R- E

& v) y! k% C4 C: s; O7 X8 DM:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.- w6 K2 ~  I$ s( E% \& d' C

5 r3 w7 L" l' |) G8 I6 uL: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 y0 `8 r$ B5 m3 g: i" g
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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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$ i1 T3 Y! k  y- T3 e- Q  w4 z( `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?8 m" k! f  O, T. ~5 Y; s' K
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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?7 m/ b4 Z( h  Q

. R. p4 A  O" @: H2 p: u9 o* k4 D9 yL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。6 ^& f  W7 u8 S: O1 C6 n8 O3 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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! \( a1 N& T5 g; }; hL: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.# w" f) a' Z& d7 r( w, i( s8 E' A

9 S  a! u! k; p1 i0 u9 H# X9 AM: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.1 a8 I) p, L" l8 l4 \
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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?  P2 b/ B! K  p  J4 j4 k9 F8 X: A

/ Z( |. H, |9 g$ j5 d8 R# WM: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。; i: a) C4 c% g# V
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