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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 p2 y3 ^. S4 o

6 D7 B- e7 `. A/ _, {9 S1 i; I, dL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。) l( h% j# e# o6 [' H2 h% G( c- D

$ k. \' l2 T& [- W4 fM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.  q9 g4 a6 I. n7 f3 ^3 I/ G+ V

7 ~3 m7 O' E$ TL: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?
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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0 e+ P1 h* _6 D/ E6 j- ~" 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?% K% |$ i5 P8 q6 Y5 W7 B% C  Y

: c3 W$ _. n5 I9 ]+ yM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.' L, L! q$ h0 M  F3 n  W

' S& F& X1 r0 _3 ?. QL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?* D' B  X8 A  q  H$ M3 \

0 z3 B: n2 {1 a$ lM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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- a7 V4 V) d; TL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?: s8 Z. ^# V3 V+ i
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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.( B- W3 H" {" N1 Y

& _' a9 a! N. C) a- d7 @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?8 i$ l3 i% G# v

6 t7 [4 P2 C& Z* W  AM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.& D) a% i: m% r, P

" E/ Y: |8 J7 m9 `+ u3 L/ CL: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。8 S7 ~, v) u% S9 }, p6 b& g& Z& j
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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!1 W) f! h9 Y+ Q# _) R+ O9 ^  J" D" E$ x
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M: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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5 l) @9 }; R/ ~M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.% I4 ?8 r$ Q5 q9 f
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?2 ^/ Z* J% U0 ]" P1 o/ G

1 O2 l( L2 Y. {- d4 ?M:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy." }1 \: K% k" n0 m. Z, p

& z1 s7 N" j3 e* zL: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' z" f' g) q; u3 A% ~8 ~+ WM: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.+ S8 \# {  b2 N

% t# r4 H. K; j4 `' J0 `: mL: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?2 j/ n1 ~! i2 N/ e; B5 q

. D* q; J% S5 Q* X( |; JL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。5 u3 f$ w4 z5 P3 k
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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.# x+ Q5 \6 h. e$ L% V

3 [. c. t- S1 L  z/ N2 F/ ]2 r& xL: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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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.6 Z' }. h# i  D* i1 E! s
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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?
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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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' S; k7 E3 a2 l, j/ T5 b& N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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