流行美语教程 Lesson 10: drained & wired

Xbfeng

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.
6 w. d( w5 {% h, `
: O4 C: N$ S1 U" BL：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。
4 W% c# {& p8 r% H
5 u2 C- h7 \4 m, AM：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.

+ E( E; `% F; [- d* A3 y6 XL：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？

7 p+ X1 H( q1 V- W5 yM：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
7 Y0 f+ ~1 }  ]% [
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？
2 S+ u& }3 A! Q  ]  F
M：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
1 I0 J) r. A7 X0 `  K
L：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained?

M：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
4 X* f; G( M3 c4 Y; w0 n4 p2 T
% V) ?- _$ T+ S( o! RL：Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢？

( E2 q: I! s1 h# [8 r# ~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.

7 v, e' G. Q( e$ c( K2 X- nL：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？
" G+ s; Q9 ]+ f3 A, o
" S! u9 @3 L% y% v; RM：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.

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。
0 M% O. @, z6 n$ I; v- w6 H
0 z( I& o; P1 m' v4 FM：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.
, A) G3 g$ w% _+ R2 R6 N
L：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！
1 W% U% g7 Y2 {0 y# R# e
9 }) N( D3 x" N" q, pM：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
" t+ V2 u, r/ h
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。

- X: Z! q4 G+ z( Q8 \3 C1 b' y% o" uM：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.

* H) ~3 c8 y$ F. F/ s: K: oL：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？

  z7 i" ?" K; X4 C9 _8 G- \! AM：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.
2 x( n$ w/ a5 J
" E) L. q! O8 c' L  S9 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？

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.
7 d( K$ t4 n4 ~7 O; @  v! f& g
; u2 u2 [, ?0 G, K( TL：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？

" J, Y6 X3 ?; M; U- _M：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
: [% w* B, q2 L6 c0 c- U0 O
L：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。

" Y/ M3 ~7 u! r' ?  R+ o% QM：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.

+ |7 K+ p; F  ~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.
5 d$ e+ O& O. ~. i1 f1 i
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.
# }" t8 l0 F( D& r
7 E/ q+ r2 W8 y( _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？

M：Thanks so much, Li Hua!
5 h8 x# |- |7 T8 R" j1 ~
( Z, }  C, R" x3 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。
7 [. a9 o6 j* i- e: j
Audio as following:

redrunner