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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.$ t6 b$ h5 M1 D& V2 b

" i, W+ g- h2 s' u3 L3 f% CL: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?2 b9 q  q( X& n3 m. v
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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& ]2 y6 v$ r( t) R' tL:(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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1 y* m5 n: l; i; T, M6 tM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
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( g3 W4 O* E2 P5 p/ JL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?! t7 k" t1 W; m# I; O1 J

  c% I* ]8 G& aM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.; I7 e, m+ o2 G% L2 V2 u5 h- N. U4 ~

8 d' m" K8 @9 V: @- KL: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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, u+ I: t3 C) AL: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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/ L) j- {6 w& D* Q5 D" D: OM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.5 m0 d& }; v5 H) b7 {7 U% d
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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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9 j1 n0 T- s  KL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!8 p3 J$ q1 i( H) U, {
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
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, U! V- v) f' _" f$ r9 `3 p2 e. `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。! W' g- r0 |2 g! C5 Q. p

9 E+ j! y9 v3 W) E; u/ ~M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.+ }2 b% ?$ C- X

4 q0 i0 |% M  b4 uL: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./ \! d& H3 j: z' Q- G
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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?
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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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* Z# f* H) R' I7 ]0 p& Q% {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?
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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?/ w8 I4 n: v5 ?) {" X$ O' `# A

" O' f. n' Q2 x( ~2 f- e( [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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! B* ^# Q, O! k& QM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.$ w) Z1 Y  u. I# L( g2 A
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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.& G, k8 e* q4 I" a

( d: P6 a* O8 S- iM: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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) w  D, n$ A" ~* uL: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!" R" [+ s; r. n# o. D1 S
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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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