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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L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。
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1 u* n7 Q# l+ o8 g" ]5 lM：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.

! f! w" I$ Y; g1 u- r% QL：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？

; p" Z* t# Z( A5 ZM：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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L：(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？
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8 z+ i% F8 U9 \- c5 A7 QM：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?

M：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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9 H( P" [9 U  N! g' V) E1 mL：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.
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; q3 O$ R. m& t2 V7 G2 zL：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？

M：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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2 Z! v# N) J; u& D8 n5 F+ EL：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。

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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% ^# u* f; X* U# q: o3 N( i* _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.

% s1 o" q! y7 a/ U: p3 hL：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。

M：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.

1 h9 m2 N. W. @, ^( `5 AL：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？
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* U. i3 \9 {/ z; u6 \5 eM：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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. d  L6 ^1 Q+ ]0 D8 e0 X* ML：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：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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L：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？

7 K/ m5 K% x5 F# _7 U* |, I! y, wM：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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( r5 Q  R- Q* C. v0 K, E: J6 I: _1 }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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$ i8 ]; h1 I2 qM：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.
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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.

! r: i0 m/ s$ F; W9 C$ {3 fL：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？

" M4 [) W. K# D5 sM：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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