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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." t# T* w7 X9 I
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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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2 C/ z  ]2 P" E' d4 sL: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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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?3 o* ?2 i; Q1 a" t1 k/ j3 W
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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?& a) z6 o: S: V! G$ T9 h/ D
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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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?# U3 D) T1 `) [# o  e- T

3 a% ?1 {4 |( 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.4 T7 S4 H" m) e3 F
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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?4 ~3 B& B1 A# {& z" u

6 A/ p9 }- f. xM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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7 k- t  n( ]' e% hL: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。4 u0 ~2 V: c& j/ o/ P2 A

/ U, H2 J) s1 @9 W: S' r5 eM: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.; w$ e0 A5 X! a) M5 P" \+ a5 J" @

# A5 P4 \! T: _4 {' X4 e/ Z, B$ zL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!2 K& {! O+ F1 K- B% L
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
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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。, Y5 r: `0 S/ i3 R+ Z; C% `
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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.! ^0 c# o) n3 X9 B; |
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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7 V3 l3 P- m- B, |M:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.# d: d# S+ @* n& [/ j7 ^- e% C
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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.5 \/ N) ~2 F: r+ K- ^
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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" w+ w0 U9 w/ b: E

/ f' J. u! I4 E% c+ Y3 DM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?0 i1 [. i) z5 `" @9 l# b/ ^6 y1 L
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L:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。; Y" E% s3 s( k8 Q/ S

9 l4 W2 ]" M4 t4 ^M:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.6 q2 c* {& x+ k' K) u

8 U1 k& N+ F8 j4 p- S+ s! P$ cL: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.2 [5 {: b6 b. Y7 m0 v  Z2 W
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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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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?( X7 {: {: D( P+ i

* ]! K8 D( G. f7 {1 H$ sM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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4 g3 W7 g5 D4 i; s/ u% 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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