流行美语教程 Lesson 10: drained & wired

Xbfeng

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.
* z4 X/ u. T$ |' [/ ^1 i
L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。
0 F, {* N3 a1 s. s2 c8 ~+ D3 Z
M：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.

# D0 m" w% d, [+ ]& m  V! s' OL：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？
7 X1 J" o3 b  A" U$ f0 B) ?9 N
$ `6 {; ?) D0 s+ ?3 _M：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.

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？
, E  W! B( u- E$ I/ V, ~& S& o6 z
M：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.

& {  S4 L3 ~' T. i1 `L：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained?
+ Z% f$ H& A- G7 i
M：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
' ^8 \4 M. ^/ \# D+ S
L：Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢？
# R7 q- `* }/ E6 |9 v$ K
$ D# S# ]) d' C5 t) c7 [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.

$ e0 Z8 t2 x+ F. o" U& c3 l1 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？
7 Y/ k! |2 V$ Y  {- l0 i4 \. q# O
) Z% b% C$ y; n, k% B- jM：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
. _6 H& A# p; s8 M& k7 w! L8 A( h
/ F5 g- Y& h- E% z1 b# GL：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。
. r6 Z$ A; _5 J9 F: T) q
. I* a. c  w+ ~0 |9 ^8 P% g7 PM：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.

L：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！

3 E  y" g; y4 rM：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
9 d/ s+ J, b( [8 j+ y* H; w" c& U8 f
  N4 h  W0 z% k" J) U0 X% i  [* N+ G/ 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。

7 g( {' K+ V8 k4 lM：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
. h( I* Q% [: o
L：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？

9 q) ?) P7 z7 Z' r- T2 X6 }7 VM：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.

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？

* P: \, b" H3 CM：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.
! c( b8 u2 Y7 u4 b: F
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：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?

L：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。
- s+ m9 l6 v7 {4 t
M：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.

1 _7 b3 `0 u5 |* H, y3 Z! o, l' t, lL：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.
1 Z; s4 `" P/ ?! [' f* R; A
9 D; i( H/ T9 Q; S1 eM：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.

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？
# i, K3 J7 p6 G- F7 [' S2 E  e
& W/ m" d; j3 Z7 k/ I+ J9 ]/ m5 F, XM：Thanks so much, Li Hua!
2 R2 z9 B6 @9 s! @# `) m9 v
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。
. R( l7 N* P3 t5 y% U  l" e
Audio as following:
% a, k8 l; g0 L0 ?$ i: X

redrunner