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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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& V$ y9 q) o3 U( A+ ~L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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" W. }  E& T: |6 RL: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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; A4 c5 j; x2 z) }M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.' b/ u  P3 L: P" G8 n

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3 F. Z1 @' X  Y) |6 K9 aM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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M: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?: k# ^8 h& J0 r+ `( K+ G

, ^# R& `- N. ~# ]+ gM: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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# \4 \* Y3 p9 dL: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?4 D/ _7 D9 c# M$ i! i3 P

8 d9 O7 k, F" T0 x9 I$ wM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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2 @  p: A9 @8 R* sL: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。- H7 O( ~  s$ u8 i) F/ U

3 p: A9 A$ ?9 z9 ^  @  EM: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!
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.5 R9 `2 M" R9 F. ^. r0 ~  y7 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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, W& ~  u9 ~& N0 vL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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M: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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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?) v9 \% ^# o, f: f. V# s2 {3 Z
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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.  r/ u4 S- |# n+ X. B! X

$ U  k' ?& l$ K3 c* t% x  uL: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。
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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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8 M# l) k; W! q' |1 G2 RL: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.6 f7 D. M  D3 e/ _/ S

0 c) P! E' `( y" b# }% FM: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.$ R& O- E. `5 Q2 R  k6 @

9 S) r( {/ D7 n* @6 z0 \& VL: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" f! q0 _8 c% L# K0 d- E
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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!2 g. P0 X% V; {) d6 z2 b) v* B
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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。: I7 \3 K1 [4 x0 f
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