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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.* V* D' V& ~! t5 b3 [; X$ {2 T! P2 {

- N0 D/ \. l4 x" \7 V1 l- n, a- NL: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.1 a, N$ {0 P9 X( ]; C* e
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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.- P0 T/ Z: Y  h

7 r' w6 n4 P" v, I5 ~+ 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?
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* c0 x" G* @; R9 C% `M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
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7 ?; O' r# j0 f2 \9 W+ gL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?+ W9 Q' g7 p7 ~0 r- A
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted., b1 `' D9 J, V: d% i. u
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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?
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: d$ i* t7 ]# z4 m1 EM: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 @5 |. b: [8 F) n  W

' I; H# `3 I* A4 I& U8 S( H: w# ~1 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?- h  Q& x2 M8 Z9 p9 m6 n

$ o( y$ f) C& s" E9 j  u: d0 l% g) LM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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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。
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# R  c( h) j/ K: F8 x" nM: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.1 L4 p( Q" ^! Y9 L9 F, C

" O4 W$ ^$ \, N( n9 g4 f0 bL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!% i* }$ h' R% ], S
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
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( D  n, [, F+ l5 ~* VL: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.
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?$ z) S# |" f- O, D) e% _

# e0 {. c1 {/ ^; B1 z& 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." k/ z/ ^/ R7 F" g; T

  E- [7 r  {6 A1 R1 OL: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?4 c, s8 G: r( n

" p" m8 r! z$ ]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.! S+ L0 ]+ h2 l8 O
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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?; r6 n0 o9 q6 \1 v; t

( }( Y8 @3 s8 U9 mM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?5 ]' p7 F" R3 G/ O

# _" k: l5 |5 J. w1 G+ q- RL: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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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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$ J. t' D8 C# |: A0 J, 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 C3 L( n7 ]: y& L1 F$ @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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3 p; M1 Q% t& G" mL: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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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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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。+ w7 c& F& k( C  Z' ?  ^8 ^0 N) n

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