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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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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.8 H% l0 r0 Z3 R2 m5 h" ]

& @! `7 Z8 m( d) |% X( @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 U# x( l# T1 w8 _

& j* |& g+ f* t3 SM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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8 f% q; V3 l2 @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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: h, x8 K% }) d* }. ML:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?+ p% t+ t& M8 g

& i3 Z7 B3 `- e. L% vM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.) ]  u* Y) S0 A" X; @: e7 z/ I! [% Q

: @' d9 O4 ]& k( Q( F& jL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?3 R; ?0 q; s% ]; X" J

, p; E+ c# n/ `% p+ jM: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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# ]+ J& \' N4 m) F5 S6 M: WL: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?1 i5 _# {/ @& R$ {
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.6 p/ F- N5 G( ~' O* V" c

3 @2 V$ y" a7 ], r, c! f. wL: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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7 _+ T) N9 }' J' P1 h6 NM: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.8 ~* {. ~5 D  E% V4 w7 N0 W7 z( ]
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!% B$ |7 q% N3 X# x

' X4 f6 s  s  KM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
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! m! f. s6 n2 ]- G$ K5 `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。6 A' @/ b7 J" c: N; u% X
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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.( r; a+ k3 _- V- Y. [9 e; k
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?! d. Q0 X$ W1 f6 o6 p+ o) I+ a

. G2 z6 p. U4 z" q2 y9 M. AM: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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# v0 M; ?. f% {; v9 v5 c  VL: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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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.
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7 N+ E7 A6 [, i9 Z7 l2 QL: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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L: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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M:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.
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2 C5 Z5 u( r' QL: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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: C# \# F7 C7 H8 ?; {$ w4 u5 kM: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.$ k1 {. o* C% W2 @" ~6 Z) _3 b

1 Y  W1 K7 j4 [* y) v; O) nL: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?  q" d4 Z8 W' ]. v1 q

) c$ C$ M) z+ _3 ~0 `M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!, W4 N7 b* {' C/ ?0 I' A+ l
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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。
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