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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.7 S+ _3 o7 W: K" h- U! |6 e
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。- W9 J& I- O# e# _6 M: I6 L% Y

4 ]* p: V; ?* N* H& \! |M: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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- X. n* |- h8 o: L3 R  O7 s6 B1 @M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.8 \: b$ R- x9 s4 f' P3 s5 _
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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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$ R5 v1 _4 j+ w3 k: i1 U+ R5 v& ~# ZM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.  _5 L# @% \: W& q
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?# D* s9 s, N* W4 B) |

' F8 O: V% N/ B( j& |M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted., l7 O/ ?6 t: E+ i3 G
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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?! Q8 }. u, P( d1 Y6 t4 {

( W# G" Y- t2 y& e0 m  d3 ^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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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?) N( S4 j2 W, l8 @. z/ z
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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! z% U5 }8 `& A% e+ z: U9 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。
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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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  v5 |: n% T# J) r- T- v. Z2 B6 pM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.; e8 W8 ~" q! x% [; V6 k1 U+ L

$ T5 L6 m$ z2 V) Z0 H; 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。
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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.6 t6 z$ V2 e, Q4 l$ h

! K& K$ j+ o0 K% GL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?2 L3 X; P1 ]/ {

. O: N0 h2 I6 u: c! KM:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.& A! }7 p3 j6 e4 \

3 y8 }) |% i4 k1 I, aL: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?  m% G2 N+ u9 S, G

4 w7 M6 z6 o* }* E+ }' l* fM: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) J+ P; |8 T5 {

9 S3 E' }, _0 z, C1 }7 BL: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?2 |1 i! [1 Y  w
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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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0 u/ H* E0 H) g* b; @) P6 f4 R2 B6 uL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。1 B/ Z1 B- ?9 [

1 {% s/ A" t! `: _3 sM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.0 }& S' }* y! [! _- v/ W

# C2 |. O8 P& tL: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.0 e' Q& J* O  ^, ]0 f1 x5 h3 S/ J
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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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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?
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- J* w1 N! Y$ ZM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!. M- d( z" \2 [2 [

3 V# E0 Y/ `, H6 D! c& I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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