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.

L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。
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M：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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3 O' w( }0 E3 ~4 uL：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？

M：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.

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？

+ @5 T* d0 S( a# B! ?, K  G/ w3 ZM：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.

$ \' Y# D6 a. \1 [8 v0 WL：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained?
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( A% ^9 r- [# E9 v3 _' i& XM：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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( K- Z4 Q1 \7 }2 h, SL：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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) p! I  c, h/ Q, s% N7 S3 [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.

9 o% R1 H# F/ c8 ]  QL：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？

& p$ I/ w4 N0 i2 [, _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。

/ A$ h: b$ E5 K" a& m6 y, tM：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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% X; x4 n/ {  z4 n* p1 F1 f" \' aL：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！

/ G/ U  i3 W3 N/ V; l) _1 u4 LM：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.

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.

* Z5 W' z# L6 P% v9 UL：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？
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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.
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6 A3 m% ?2 h9 \$ 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？

' F) R" b; H( V& E4 L; M8 V* ?# cM：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.

+ T* t2 f# z& `' Z% B1 w' c& vL：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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# y3 m$ E' {2 s9 s5 O4 PM：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?

2 r& \  y/ U5 \0 r! p  S& l8 }. ?( U8 A  PL：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。

& W  Y( Z9 b. |# o7 L% WM：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.

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.
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5 f) u2 q$ u- q8 Q, w% D3 z" sM：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.

0 z- Y3 T& V1 p% z6 N+ ML：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？

" m2 M" ?9 }! N" k1 I4 v. QM：Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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+ |# H8 f# P' n# _9 Q+ v5 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。

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