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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.4 t2 U: D6 _) n0 C4 d7 Z
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。, u% S3 s  a- _" r$ n0 I

* i4 U0 R" V5 GM: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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6 }1 m& L7 a. P7 n) VM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.; K7 {& y0 R# k) d% O
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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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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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L:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?9 z, e' L- E: x1 E
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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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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?2 m5 p" m9 U% G4 T6 `. T
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.1 z0 I# ~, Y' G0 ]$ A* P6 b

* |1 q1 E0 \8 r+ d! c: b" |; DL: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。7 }) i/ k* {! {% D" z; _; [

' f7 a+ F( r( ?. |, E4 hM: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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) N5 G: d$ C; e+ I* ~L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!! G1 m+ w7 ]0 K8 H
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.7 }- E! H3 m/ e4 D
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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。  O8 h. d7 Z' B  F5 h2 T& c
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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.0 j5 ~$ W7 P" @" S. I
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?1 Z4 {3 A. o/ e/ t% \) m& ?
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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./ O+ S" N) |" F  k/ ?3 U+ |

1 `" R5 I1 n9 }$ p. tL: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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. L! ]) u+ J6 U5 h0 I7 O* eM: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.- \7 V! e( r5 a% J# ^* r/ z) E, j

! j: ~8 w/ _5 H6 u1 A& F% r( o7 LL: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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( u9 x$ }& m, f! ]) [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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% G; q$ F/ D- t4 ?3 iM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.4 c0 Q  J' j' \

- G8 e# S% k3 G; Z1 q% ]6 M. WL: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.* y" N( G3 X; J2 g- a6 g

# n% S/ G+ Q& d! |! `8 n" Z  \) \4 sM: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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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?; ]1 A0 y+ t0 J. A  M

3 d& I0 L8 d0 w, L  D0 vM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!! v* l- U+ B5 w2 ]
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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。0 q4 ~9 a% |  ~9 z& U4 h0 j
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