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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.
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& r) J8 ^/ Y& G1 z  IL: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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% w- u& e* S- S  F! bL: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.& ^2 g8 j4 B/ _% }# O6 ?- @) b
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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?& U& g) V6 u1 p: g

0 {4 O! j  F3 y3 TM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.3 f% h& Z. j! `1 @& y. t, P

7 p+ P* d( A# n# ]/ {1 UL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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- y7 a( \( u" a2 FM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.: y6 V* {9 x1 U

" C* [( @5 @( i+ L4 AL: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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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.- G, X1 W0 N) ~% J0 x2 I

, F9 m. S  F& ~$ [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?' D5 d3 ?; U9 m9 x' j
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.8 P3 S  u1 S! y( Y; V* n2 C
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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。% Z; }# w! v" M4 ~

) K7 x3 G; X! z! K' W/ bM: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 t- w3 t* a5 Q4 Q. g

+ @: t( F9 G* H' g1 U0 c$ Z/ PL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!6 _' b2 m7 D, t( s5 I$ b$ g, B
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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。6 i4 e/ T- _% r

: v- ?' {8 w( _' `( A' v7 yM: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?
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- C" L8 h# u/ I$ |$ 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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+ V* d; n, ^+ O  xL: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?5 c+ `0 J( c% V3 X  R$ e7 V

$ u& A) ?) x2 {4 e8 F0 \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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! O4 M+ r% L9 L* f4 G" j" m6 lL: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?$ D5 f! ^4 r; Z# @& m

8 T# P' R: z) wM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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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。% X6 E" Y5 B% v

: b- I6 y. z0 s) nM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion., Z3 d) M( m+ x; X1 L2 ^

8 X6 I5 o3 {5 M! ?6 @# Y! @) aL: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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' R+ g* Q: E; q6 Z! Q/ oM: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?& E$ j1 I- w+ I5 G$ `% ~

5 d4 f( E- b5 CM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!" {% H8 |4 d* ]+ E0 H) [/ D

( X% v+ t8 W( l0 ?' |  l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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