流行美语教程 Lesson 10: drained & wired

Xbfeng

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.

0 Q" _/ ]( @; g2 q. c! Q- pL：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。

: p8 p3 X1 P$ {' _, mM：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.

/ a# {, Z8 t* c9 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？

0 X# O0 w! A# I4 P2 ?M：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.

* y& Q* _, x1 ]( D9 z0 @+ \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？
1 ]) T* S/ c7 q
M：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
- A$ i/ c: m$ Q: x( x
L：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained?
5 s" c: \- J3 O) n* Q
0 u( {" \! N! OM：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
( e1 x* I5 q/ z9 \
L：Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢？
0 H# W. X) O1 O
9 R( \! I0 P0 m# f, TM：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.
5 N2 m4 o6 k$ S! x. a
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？
8 O, p( g* q! j0 n. a
M：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
  E0 Y- q) o7 F# P% G
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。
2 [) H6 u6 r8 B3 A3 V
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.
5 J. m' W) Z$ Q9 s
. I& F7 B& J* ]- ^L：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！
# n( s6 K1 g0 ~# H8 k
$ [& z) a# b0 A8 h, x8 EM：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
" \# X( e! s( \- x% k( ]7 }8 d! @
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。

M：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
) W4 n& O1 e; _) G
L：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？

5 {, x4 Q. M! w0 i0 ?5 O; `" k$ SM：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.

0 f+ K8 \9 a- Q: S  ]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？
7 W* F; ?# I/ T4 w
2 ?4 N5 y3 H9 R! M5 i" [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.

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？
8 R3 U9 D% L$ ]) |& H
M：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?

7 Z! y6 }- m1 T: \4 C* Q$ }L：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。

4 z  J: m; u1 y4 t6 S* z' v9 pM：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.
' o, \8 |- g, w. ?& m
8 f6 ~6 O7 _" @& H6 N5 h( ?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.
3 c4 C2 U: [( \- p
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.
7 y. B& S; f# ~6 a7 U7 ]! }( X. s
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？

8 Z' ~; n7 T7 v2 C. Z5 ~0 j! f% yM：Thanks so much, Li Hua!

* z8 X) j$ X9 f' I( w, U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。
  I* h  @- b: Z4 H
Audio as following:

redrunner