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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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$ ^8 s6 S( W: R% E+ l' H/ a$ a  |L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。/ v5 ?3 J0 ]" ?3 [

3 K4 L- Y9 i. D, tM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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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?. w/ N0 d7 |+ d! k& ~
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.- B& l6 O8 Q8 ?: k. v. O* O2 k

6 r2 B. q+ R- @+ |0 @! WL:(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?; x. ]0 q( I. G6 q+ D3 ]  p
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
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- ?% I& |/ S/ @4 _) BL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?: r0 C+ q# A1 d8 l
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.; }3 @/ n* \4 T3 a- G* }& W
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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.7 H$ j9 M9 X: H) J" @

6 B8 i2 k/ m0 `4 ~7 N; E9 [, eL: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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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.* \4 o+ x# h) f8 A

+ e7 ]( q$ G- {/ P5 P6 Q' G, P  RL: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。3 d$ t6 h! k7 k6 _

& a5 W: S3 P8 ]  `; u' B5 UM: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!' v; }7 E6 M: a8 s/ J  q
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.  L# N0 }6 _/ u2 t

& W0 R8 B; y6 QL: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。0 I  P  P+ m$ X. m
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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.+ a- W9 Z  ~1 l3 g% g' F
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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1 Q3 y8 |" I: G% Q6 u4 \7 v1 tM:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.1 X& f0 `& Q* F6 i, x+ z
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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?
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7 t+ R) R( D  T" D: s$ }5 CM: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.: `; a7 [, u3 P  N9 ~) V& i

7 l9 |/ _5 @' c  |% aL: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?( I& o0 O. v$ ~

$ [3 {4 I0 H0 eL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。' i& E0 u( w5 u; y
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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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* W7 m2 J( _! S( g7 {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.0 {: N/ I- X( Z

+ }2 p# D7 T& U! O, z: uM: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?$ n, B& J; n9 v4 s2 R- u

2 }3 I! K- Q5 L# s& ?" |# l2 w# ^M: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。
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