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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.+ {6 y: p. S3 _7 p7 _* I
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。0 q" s* D8 J) V: n$ i( s# _
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.; Z* b3 N& @/ |- K! ?: c

5 K3 ~- r1 X' \/ wL: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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5 {- A- K4 r5 B" N! D6 L/ g/ J! hM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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( o& d" ]  ~$ `, I) S+ F1 V1 HL:(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?1 Q: Z6 v" W; a1 e

/ ]( G7 @2 W$ s6 r( qM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.( k. f8 K  L6 J  i

9 e! H4 C3 A; C7 F9 }% L6 DL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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# B8 i6 N8 C% w- hM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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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?
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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.! X! q, O) W  ]* q3 F7 O

8 ^" ~8 e+ t0 s6 _2 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?
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0 }, l5 {8 ?5 |3 }; ^2 Y& `( J. bM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.' d, o: |: S  h% U2 v
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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。
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" J' d( u- w0 U; x+ u9 PM: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.% s% o, i  M' F& U% ^& S

8 x1 i! [# a# yL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!
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0 X' J, ?, G" b6 Q# gM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.& B+ n0 g) h8 G# H

9 k) ^8 \7 A# |6 \( {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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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
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, x1 H( Y$ z! P/ R1 E  _6 m! TL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?0 [" Q8 n; s) O. z  |" j

6 I5 j9 h2 u4 S$ W& _# rM:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.
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' k4 e$ s' Q* U, F6 b; [7 z" gL: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?, y( V6 }' i  e3 h/ c' W
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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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/ B) p, p1 _8 K' R9 F- V- n8 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?
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L:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。: O" \) S* |9 a: u* m! x

, a6 i$ G7 ?/ t+ K; [/ L' [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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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.  U1 L. c: q0 N. M6 A# z! N

- R4 Z0 R- y, z# c& n+ b4 e5 W8 OM: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.
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# o* |2 Q% Q* I* w+ _2 t9 gL: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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; z/ Z/ J2 C' `& Q! s$ Z: ~/ ]  ?M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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2 ]! }+ `# O8 R$ b  l8 A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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