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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.3 K& @/ c7 \. q! h2 U/ M7 v# {
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。- C9 ~, i2 J/ `

. `% W4 @; Y' ]/ `M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.7 S) B6 f7 N, |; j4 n" U$ t5 T
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L: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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  e1 l9 s) t( {) Q2 }) D7 b& }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?7 H: E" E7 m" v% O

: N3 Z0 Q( O* X& j$ w7 {/ oM: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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! m) l1 R. m9 C" QM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.3 e" ^: g1 K5 g+ z* e- \% _

- W0 s2 [2 s& tL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?6 a# V% Y7 p* N5 ]3 b! ^
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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.# T% a9 {9 o. u7 W

7 h- R! I$ W0 l4 j1 t! f. U# c- [) l+ iL: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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" A  k1 V" G! gM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.; t3 R9 }; e+ x" n8 u! ?$ h

8 h( y) A; k# k2 K  q" 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。# M: c' A0 e. o. \; }9 Z

/ ?$ s' c) k8 C- OM: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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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!
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: Y3 g* p  X/ ?4 _9 I- Y! PM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
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$ ^1 k4 O/ v6 y; g5 rL: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.; A& M  m! ~" N' ~

0 p. N7 \- B/ e* d' r2 T: v# eL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?+ c. E8 K/ v3 B  d: W5 x. B) k$ {6 w. I

2 H6 W, C9 u. T8 `: }* }0 y. v  ?M:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.: l; |2 u4 o5 a4 i, O

1 S/ r0 u* ?8 d" |5 PL: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?$ m7 W: ]3 k% q4 ~0 ], ]5 `+ d

) E0 g1 {5 O' }" m( 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.
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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?/ M- B3 U" e- X$ K4 L5 t6 s

- ]2 x/ ?4 Q# N/ ]M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?1 O3 w/ G/ |( }' A. ?

/ v5 G/ Y. u/ U. D# WL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。
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# f, ^+ k2 _/ ~) S, {3 ?M: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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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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' c6 j. q" ~1 B1 h/ eM: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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* w6 u7 x5 ?$ i$ ^4 \3 |1 @+ 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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: ?0 A% d1 e7 B$ r4 bM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!( E: @) p, z+ s! g) @' t8 O2 U

% |; a* }, W5 c, W, f& Q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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