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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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. H4 s; S% [2 ?  I/ W, z" k7 ML: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.
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, e& B  U5 P% z! S5 @+ Q1 OL: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?$ E+ A, m, x5 j% S- r, x# G: e$ G

4 ^% e0 d6 H! ?: s7 J. e2 vM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.0 L4 j7 `+ q* [3 @, S: [

, s2 e1 |8 n& l! XL:(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?0 X) S8 g* a7 t

7 @' C, P$ l) ?; `8 Y% r* RM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.2 X7 ~- f$ y7 L' F0 C$ ^

# H1 ^- k. F  x# i' c+ J; \7 X. FL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?9 R  u/ X0 l- h) L: h9 _
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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; m3 @' a; s1 lL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?- {; ~8 u4 \. \. o  f9 F3 M! _

0 y# u% e7 e  q( s4 Y% N9 n2 }. SM: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.3 n! h- n4 z0 @' I7 D. ~. l$ t% j

2 l" e7 _, X( s' VL: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., m  H2 r# {5 E: i: x" z
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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.9 O+ @; R( L6 Q
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!
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3 Y' }- G  n- O- sM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.! V  X6 M+ }. }2 o& w$ Z* G0 {

9 M( O; `. ?% K. Z! N3 f0 jL: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。$ P4 _  P3 F# G: Z- X" `
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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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: o/ \% A* [5 `$ L. g% GL: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?
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( q( j  s$ i& \6 d( M0 q+ KM: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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! I  S0 J( G5 R3 f! L7 q0 F+ uL: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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2 e5 M1 ]/ d* ~9 }* }& LM: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。; A* c, T. _2 A+ t; Z3 o) ~/ ]
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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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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.0 A7 P3 Y2 Q; [5 u0 t9 G# G7 X
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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.( F8 J  J3 \& w

" m+ v0 x4 |( y: ?6 l" \1 [. ~& fL: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?- s0 a$ S3 |$ C# s4 [0 M
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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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+ c* w$ W) |1 ~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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