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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.( y) w3 ?) u/ E: h; ^
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。2 |- J# z8 r& J: t4 I$ v

0 C& j1 U2 R5 AM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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2 x+ ^8 R2 c; q7 \4 S( Z  zL: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.) S' \1 Y0 g& t' A! Y! R! S2 ~

  C" Q# n+ X% v1 `" a6 K# L/ EL:(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?7 C& a% m( ~/ q8 K2 W& D( i# S
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.: F) b, J6 y, C7 m

2 q4 I6 I0 W8 ^/ e3 oL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?' |( L- t' Y2 S: e7 e

$ C- ?4 F# ]2 k( d! eM: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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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: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?
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M: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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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!7 Z0 u" p+ P; Z" E% T: `: V

7 a# q- K/ f+ _; P1 n. _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。
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; n$ v$ S* y5 W% SM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.* w  L5 J" ~: J9 C2 _) e
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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1 N  V9 |2 V- M7 h: B, }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$ l% }/ d' ?; ?

$ D* A9 w) O/ U' AL: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?
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+ q% H7 O  |% w3 I4 YM: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.& \0 t" r( L8 D6 _

3 R  G% }( g  O! k, w9 jL: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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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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; J4 \) R/ I+ W8 pL: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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' u7 d" @! c; F! h$ S( a2 ZM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion./ |( M) N- w5 A4 g% ~+ E

% |. g; J$ h+ @: B  `0 k) V( `3 OL: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./ t" K8 z6 g  I0 P7 E: x  ?, k
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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.
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5 S6 Z) \6 D+ T5 ^* w+ s- WL: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。$ q* j" j' m# x  K8 A

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