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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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( g4 ?% R5 S& B9 H5 ~8 L! ]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.& S- ]/ @+ a9 L8 h" ?3 m3 Y1 h

7 u/ j0 [; W  t& ?3 l% qL: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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4 |0 F6 d8 d. o' mM: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?
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5 e* L( F( O3 R$ J1 AM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.( R+ R" W4 S% k. s. ?" X  ?& m6 y7 J
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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% {0 k  o  Z2 E2 _$ UL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?7 T1 v* P5 X; G( z" j$ G" W
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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.
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# l- C; b* B  _3 YL: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?5 c1 O, @/ p& j. s! c' {$ y

; N( d: I3 U1 ?M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.0 e2 e# @# j- }( n+ g  H  @

. F0 p. g9 Z5 nL: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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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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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!, y! \' C$ S2 ?4 Q1 @; o

; R; g' b) C( ^# y- L, YM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.* j* v- d7 y+ J9 l# D

1 p% U5 O. r& Y' y, hL: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。& u3 y: a4 M& ~! F  K) A7 ^( |1 X

2 {' O5 x9 h+ H& E' ?M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.' m3 b$ f" y2 ]

4 L3 L& \. L) V" H9 U6 ~2 jL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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M:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.1 \! O: s/ L8 E$ d
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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?8 s' W+ w7 e6 K5 v6 w" a

# k4 P+ R& N8 z' }4 R, O4 ?: v6 sM: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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4 ~' K" r/ A) `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?0 N* [/ m. r* A  l' N% I# @" c: ^

3 e  J! M: W+ eM: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。
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) `0 \% ~, i2 G+ q  \% [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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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.' C9 B) S! c" T4 }/ C; @
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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?
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: Y9 O/ ^5 D& O& k5 yM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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3 A+ {, B' h* ^& {2 D2 o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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