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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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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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( ]% i$ P7 J9 w3 M! vM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.! ~5 m8 X4 O$ p) E
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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?
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3 |& W! y3 u( a, M  wM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.! ~: B7 D; L" C* _
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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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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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' r4 P9 K2 J. U' G) p, J% f  iM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.3 d. }; _& M* R( z: C

* Q/ F9 L; Y: E; e2 H* U( kL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?) P1 X7 n. ?- u& e; x9 {9 @

3 D# s: r5 T6 b& O( o# N! iM: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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! Z- `, g* @2 C1 l1 M9 fL: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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/ ^& U; }" l* Y( ~5 k' }/ I. r, VM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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0 w5 [# ^& [8 t$ ?) {" cL: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!9 g% m  Z2 y4 `

  Y3 [1 v) y) P, s8 o" ~" F6 QM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.1 X+ a% {; X" U! c) _" S- \
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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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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
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3 m* J1 m' V2 {L: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.
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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?  b# Z8 a, V2 ^. v  K1 x

. F9 a8 M7 M$ z6 d4 @: g7 w5 _0 {) 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.% ^2 W0 |- ~: r" v0 S  ]

2 f2 j+ k8 T' \( F& y$ n1 n. t) RL: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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# e8 g* C  i/ K* G' F# T, zM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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1 {. {& J( k, T# zL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。. B9 U" v' o4 U, s9 C

  ~8 }7 {9 d+ D0 {7 o/ Q) ]M:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.0 m7 A- N1 h( S( ^! [0 U

2 p' z( i/ L2 {. v5 @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.8 Y; k6 ]2 }8 P1 T
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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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0 F! Z1 W8 p4 P% LM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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8 G" I+ Z2 \" j% v; T  M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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