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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." z6 C) O' X& q% t7 K
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。: q/ Z. \* h+ r* V  f6 a
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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, S3 a2 }4 `$ O' 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?( ]  M9 L& N2 \3 ?5 t, A" v$ @

! N% r. d# i0 X' YM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.2 j9 Q9 b) `- V% K* q

5 W9 G4 T# d8 Z8 }) Z& rL:(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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* F0 X: s) S8 }' m8 a' H& e; jM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.; e% x5 b8 y2 g- o) Q

7 D! ~& b2 N8 S- }7 M' j- KL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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& Q" L% x# d3 q( P' tM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.4 I  T4 Q' q3 V: v' D
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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?
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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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3 G8 G( k: X4 W+ V) `2 i; OL: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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+ B$ K: H, b6 A% t. b3 `, rM: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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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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& f% M% ^0 X+ N4 n+ JL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!
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4 p% T; F! I+ hM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
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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.3 E. {9 ]+ J0 m, w& j3 J( `

) q3 v5 Y) D" C$ @4 U( Q7 PL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?2 W! x' C5 u, X
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M:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.! V  P7 `" C5 Q5 S2 o3 s1 b

0 y$ {7 Q. W9 fL: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?) i# W8 W2 d9 x5 \8 i# ~

/ D+ J$ B9 {+ A0 GM: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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8 Z4 a* Y; @1 `  F1 k7 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?* [! u5 B1 \' N) i" P

1 K1 Z- X/ D# h* XM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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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。# b7 g" I% ?' o* b! O; \* x) i7 l

; _2 ]$ }( E5 lM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion./ u; v- h; ^7 q" A, B3 Y

/ s, ^' z5 i; }" W' _7 n. D8 p; BL: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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1 c, U+ @; {4 u9 L( f  i% fM: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.- R5 h5 ?. c8 r6 i& g0 C+ |, F

1 {' I- O# ~8 ?0 ~9 G8 T8 IL: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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M: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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