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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; D% }1 i6 ?$ X' x5 u1 V0 dL：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。

8 W  c% ~  u% T& p! K- nM：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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9 K: L  ?; u5 G- X+ h0 WL：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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M：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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* m* R% d, q. Q9 d1 Y8 |7 P' TL：(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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M：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.

8 r6 g- F& h, K- _L：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained?
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6 R; N$ b0 p' A* O/ F1 S0 aM：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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( p" P/ ]% ?2 y- S/ F; b! HL：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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, U& p  {' f8 G2 u2 `& A5 N. n, o5 zM：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？

M：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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" _1 E+ o; ]2 \: T" Y6 gL：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。

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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, ~6 @7 F( M+ m( O& h0 YL：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！
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3 V. `2 f  X- q0 Z+ GM：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
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  ]" H, o1 h% g* W& I9 |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。

+ j7 Z1 a. _( i+ ?M：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
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5 F2 N/ V# n2 K; W; p# CL：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？

1 Z) l0 I0 h8 B) |6 fM：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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- n- i4 P. s/ X% \' Q/ H. vL：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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8 F9 {8 K; q  [+ r0 w* l! ~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.
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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？

$ W, z' O+ ~8 x2 ]- U$ xM：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?

% m+ _  Z& c$ o/ |" C" k" `! ]L：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。

M：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.

" d# N+ {0 o- v  \3 V2 [$ p$ sL：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.

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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2 Z9 Q4 `& H! \. S3 hL：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？

! N7 J' T; y1 R4 q8 rM：Thanks so much, Li Hua!

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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