流行美语教程 Lesson 10: drained & wired

Xbfeng

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.
0 y3 D7 n/ w$ ]) i- }' t' \
) G. z0 L; G8 J3 ]# m9 {L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。
' j. m) W6 h9 d, a
M：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
& u; d& n3 Q* s
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？

M：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
1 z. ?5 S* H5 j/ t3 y, Z
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？
5 ^5 _7 c) p6 N4 A1 x% R6 w
: A. M5 R: h/ \1 P- p5 p2 A) s" nM：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.

" O; _( y; _" L, G3 jL：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained?

6 e0 S; j% I; w: G1 F  B. L, J9 |M：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.

5 s2 ]* u9 e( n* P0 NL：Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢？

3 `9 e/ m; c7 pM：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.
; h, `; |: C1 ~. F2 s
, @4 y1 t" M7 f3 {: Q0 B; m; X4 WL：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？

' w- u3 _. M) }2 w( J- mM：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
2 c3 @6 J+ ^( f, T6 E. V& {
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。
% M, o1 T) I  {; K- j* w) K2 v5 Q
) x8 A- Y* M5 x. g  L# Y* BM：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.

1 e- Z! o/ N4 WL：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！

M：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
/ I6 A3 I7 z* n( N4 `9 z5 b
3 ~% |  B. t' Q7 c2 CL：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。

# z( V) {4 v/ g6 ^6 c% U" G, v7 uM：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
8 ~1 U, m$ f6 f  H3 X' p
L：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？

M：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.

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？
  `+ v: v% G; V' x- K# r
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.

) S" W. y! U8 zL：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？
! D! ^3 H+ g7 w
& C0 B" X$ C  k; G: P0 u! o" hM：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
1 C* q- \1 |3 Q6 [0 E
+ f: r: X* I. B6 Z6 D, _9 m2 mL：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。

  B+ ^' d6 H+ K  S7 y. QM：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.
" ?  @% ^8 P, n- }8 R, Q. V
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.

M：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.

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？

M：Thanks so much, Li Hua!
' e7 h6 p  r" K- y# [2 H
% G6 R5 q9 H4 K, k% I( W% L( \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。

Audio as following:

redrunner