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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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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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  ^7 C' b/ m0 X7 E# G4 lM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.1 N! g4 R) r# K1 c$ ]; c* ]# \

1 J+ \0 J' }* R5 }, v, c7 n5 YL: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 ]& W& N5 }3 o) S" A
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.5 z& x1 z* q) p+ I

6 w, v: ?( F8 k. Z: m: dL:(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?: |3 o9 Y: r% p6 p4 Y8 o+ h
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.; s9 ]4 @3 ?. }
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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?  o; W# U4 J8 c0 E

  O0 Q* Z, V$ q. W' ~, E, T; oM: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.' F) p& J* F& `3 ?+ [6 o' v2 g
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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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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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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。
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( E, U! ~$ M8 t: P) ?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.( I. `8 Z, G: i) A: f
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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.0 p2 Y( P& G: j5 q
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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.. E% g8 }  [5 F. S6 w/ L: ]# ?
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?, Y7 e3 {  e' y# Z# n* D9 f3 `8 E( E

, a" {+ X# {) C- F+ I7 [" o) Y7 A5 ]M:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.9 n, J) H6 |% ~! n0 g
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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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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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) B7 [4 u5 A$ j( _  Y* rL: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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- |5 n0 N! t( \2 ?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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+ T' S+ i  B/ uL: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.- F/ r: |0 U  u( o" {5 y7 ^
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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.' `1 A' |2 r( u# l* j: D

8 i0 U% @& ~5 S/ v# X/ |: y3 j7 d% hL: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?
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: ~+ B& A0 u) o8 W2 {0 r/ V/ vM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!: h8 t+ f( M; C4 ], P+ t

0 f) Z. x3 d6 |! v3 r; b8 h( E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。4 u  i* J# f" K7 Z. B6 K. B0 ^5 d

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