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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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: ^  ~) a- ~: G8 P! l( L# VM: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?
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7 j' G4 c1 c' u& |M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.( L9 R: `6 C3 C( y# p# O; }

6 [! m% ?1 {5 m/ k* a0 p: n7 N6 Y, ML:(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: A' s: T; g1 E( g8 O1 D' g" a
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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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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?1 b3 @- B5 o+ O% H
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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5 F2 b5 L, \* l% B( }" M; H+ aL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?6 {  K# H) d; S' l

; a0 z) A7 _. W7 E+ y: N+ `( ?1 HM: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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9 ]% ?' P  t6 P" h7 l1 GL: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 c  n& b$ J5 W6 z- u5 q( F8 f
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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。5 P% t) |1 V$ O3 q- F
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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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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.* c6 s" t* h8 b2 y$ f# r
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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。" Y$ ?$ F5 h& G' r. R# H- w

( t" X5 U" l* `  B& Y$ p+ JM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
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# y0 Y/ ?7 s8 R- UL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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9 O2 `4 ~3 l0 v+ z* `- S* WM: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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5 f8 _6 n  ~# Q4 z# u% XL: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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5 e& F, Q, h" ?* P2 [; hM: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.( d% H! p- S7 M) d

! }/ ?2 x( e! y5 ], \5 dL: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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' x+ V/ h) m2 o9 d+ j& v0 _M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?6 N  y- Y, s5 c$ W. z3 d
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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.8 t# Y3 N  _# m$ r9 L
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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.. u: Y5 g% h0 Q2 e# t
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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.
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, Q8 h  {& k* O6 e% @M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!6 Y# N* P% Z' c, ?! v: g. w0 g

% x9 n, D/ K/ c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。( ~1 q9 m  V. [" v0 t
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