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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.- \) k1 Z2 `6 f
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。+ [0 h+ u8 e. v* z" {

  o0 p4 ^6 t% @$ W" qM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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4 n# t, ?4 |# d/ F- G+ {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?& ]  S  h7 w( a" c3 |. b% D2 t8 Z

' l7 v' t. n  |6 ?. U) v) @# O4 L! R" RM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.3 M. r: ^: n/ t6 X" O, s" l

  E3 A6 X' z' g) z# e3 oL:(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?9 M4 m  d" k0 F" c& \
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.* g( c7 \3 S6 f" l0 _

! ?. r/ t: d+ L7 D- r  rL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?7 m; d: p: O; h- P

4 H7 I# b! q3 K1 d6 B4 _: I6 SM: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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) u4 b) c- s2 vM: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.
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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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' l1 j6 |: s$ L8 ?; V7 s, `1 ^M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.+ ?! r! B/ O* q7 u

6 s' w5 c# \5 K1 N4 u4 e5 h# VL: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。$ l) K3 ]' N) a* a2 \

* t+ o1 l# M# k! W" X- RM: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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9 h4 H/ o( m- t1 |. t" d: K5 tL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!& `# Z  K/ t( p2 m) r

4 Q& B, m' B- ~4 R- i' }% k. cM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.3 @( ?1 K# d. U) U
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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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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
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! D2 O0 l' B% {, {: AL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?& n+ K) a! L, d1 q! c* S7 T1 }" P

$ C& O/ Q5 s  J* R* hM: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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) _' c3 ^' ?& J# L2 e. yL: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?! x6 `0 `: e* [7 ]! x/ W( c: q
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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.. S8 c1 R# A+ A

5 S; r4 X9 e% U/ V9 Y, }2 c- 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?6 ~3 t( G9 J/ h
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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?" F0 A) D- ?  ^: l- c0 K3 l& @
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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。* l6 [- _7 [+ X* T
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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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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.# G3 v7 C  h; C2 }  H- D) I

: q1 P6 [5 \$ Q3 A" DM: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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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?% C' Q$ o3 N3 w, Q6 i* D: s

0 p2 C) }) k  o' U* L) i) ~M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!9 y& R; D* }6 m- U; a0 E

' ^! d) O$ v" l$ d% l% u) Q+ W' f! @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。7 V3 o3 Z0 z' f4 h/ R$ Q  W0 T
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