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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.0 }5 W5 M2 J( [3 x1 q5 L
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。5 [! d! v/ \3 I# J" `5 o% M. c, Y

4 m- v: G" ~1 G' |! NM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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# \0 U8 y2 M- W4 N; w4 ~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?0 u0 b' Z/ u* k8 o& L& B3 v

( [) E9 M# [+ H/ |M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.4 [; R; t9 E4 F2 C  }8 ^
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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?# d5 a; m3 X* o- g0 F

. ]5 _5 H- T, w6 G9 X0 PM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.* ~: c/ m& V; `6 ~2 `' x
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?' O' L8 S7 S! }/ w
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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?
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' l! L7 q/ h% n  F, fM: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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- N4 a* K3 k5 M) s9 VL: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?. ~0 a0 e2 F& i$ r7 G3 D) X) g

5 [- X2 F5 P6 j) ~! c. ZM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.* B4 W2 n, Q8 v- _! s) 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。
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' j+ T2 y$ A3 w  p- T: l. }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.% O% y% n. S( X$ X
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.4 Z2 \: l4 p! \$ q

% b2 d+ V8 I4 @) x! }6 m0 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。0 E, y! ^- A7 u4 r. T3 G9 k

% O2 x' ~* M( ~& iM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
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) Y' X  ^/ I/ L, T) E4 qL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?% f2 |/ i. n* B7 g( j, ^
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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.* H$ Q/ F* E. E0 ^
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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?# e' w# x/ Z3 J; q- i3 I

$ U: i/ }$ \6 Z5 {0 tM: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?
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9 E2 }  o6 \+ `' S+ s0 EM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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0 [1 w1 e, l9 \2 `L:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。7 S* [+ I# h; x- j
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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.5 x1 V/ v4 F, T7 e

4 R9 }2 Z  \9 m6 q# d5 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.# `: {, Q% a: E; P- }7 S

* j- s- B& J: x0 N6 A* N' O7 T* x9 YM: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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, |6 Y3 M4 V: u- f1 fL: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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1 p$ G; R0 P; L# V8 g. KM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!; x* S; t0 n- ?8 R% v( }

, Q# {( E( d& @" b% 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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