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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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- }8 f8 r+ G# }# [: b* BL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。7 V1 ~- d# b, ?" t! w
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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" C# N* Y! E" f& e  OL: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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, {5 w2 A& {' k' L8 vM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.# w. i2 u1 Y4 b  J! ^! r: T; f

: X8 `  K4 B& Z4 F/ R! o" V5 b3 LL:(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?* }/ D. m# ?% @) l- ]9 \$ e  p
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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?
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. p6 P2 Z" t' \& lM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.+ W" Y- J$ E- q; E2 X
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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?3 y, j3 r; X& w$ u* @! N9 ?
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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.2 C, |2 S" U( I. W! q% T

1 G- s$ z- Z+ a  y$ h* mL: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?3 P  a  ~+ k4 ?9 \3 B

, {. Q# t* m7 m0 r2 z: n, {. d& cM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.: r8 P) a) j- f: {7 E

6 A2 G3 c* T) o7 d. M; \( l2 rL: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., y2 V) i3 J& S/ D2 M4 i; [7 b" x
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!# m* j0 z+ @% @- q# ~( g2 y' C3 F! y' @
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.8 H+ @4 f9 [! s. T; P# G

9 P- y$ T! T& {( M9 S0 ML: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.  s) l6 j2 [. p  `4 c- ]9 R
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L: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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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.9 Z3 l5 G, j' w7 b' b
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L: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?# y8 p+ _& U) [, V- F: _

# ~. k/ x# o, D7 R9 P6 |1 c* IL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。4 L% S9 P) X8 E, s9 Q6 }; x2 U+ d& K

5 i, \) C- [+ D0 O  s4 C, ^7 x' KM: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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6 Q5 L) \. y7 P$ o+ |2 I8 gL: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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2 X6 ~. [: a. }: AM: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.8 N3 Y* @# q' P. P& H2 a8 E+ h

9 O% l- m# q+ K  PL: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?- l8 \$ x1 l& l. U  @

' V: R$ }1 S2 _M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!0 \2 h2 ~3 `" d: K0 ^+ R' s5 U
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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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