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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.7 Y1 z' u/ \. k- f4 P

9 b2 X' M' z1 c* XL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。6 @1 m7 a; n  O" e" I

# F! I' N6 T+ t. G' xM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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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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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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4 l& ?0 q) E6 ]/ S1 jL:(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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8 N  P$ p4 G7 v+ ^+ {! LM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.8 X- _$ V9 a1 S8 U% F; B  `

# k9 g' J8 m4 X' ]# Q3 W5 c4 I! `L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?8 K/ T) @' ~& Q: r9 O0 L

9 u4 c5 h6 J8 B6 X/ p" SM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.! w$ W5 p: }# q1 s/ g

4 K- f6 ^+ D1 UL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?2 f6 M( [2 g/ x6 o

  @" t; Q. G6 T1 k2 R* D# AM: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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9 ]  \& g1 ^& @. @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。  M7 R3 a: b7 Q
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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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' S2 S& c% B  _% a  \L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!+ l( {5 v% I+ q1 d; w- A
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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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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.* l2 F6 r- }) c/ I, `8 r/ i, y
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?) K* E" q4 K7 i! @2 W  I- [

- {5 b$ s6 |, ^/ {9 E" FM:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy./ y: Y0 I# X4 {6 _

; @9 c, N& c/ Z; CL: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?% D0 j( R1 m# w( |) g
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M: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.4 h' w) H5 a1 x

( W+ F3 ?& \9 h8 c2 d( k- Z1 PL: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?) B- N+ T. {) i* [/ J. D
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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。, b  S6 z2 |2 A; `4 s6 O# D( ?$ @
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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.* B' P# \3 L8 p
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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.
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; c- z3 l3 ~7 @" ^  u9 `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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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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% x" E% p' l, y" 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。) _$ U3 J' ~2 O8 o% |& s" C8 D

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