流行美语教程 Lesson 10: drained & wired

Xbfeng

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.
) m9 O+ O- k& w. j5 k( M4 |) M
7 d2 E7 q, ]/ Y$ x' QL：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。
+ V; q" W7 B1 R+ Z
9 p8 Y! f# o! m7 E$ F6 ~M：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.

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？

M：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
* @( T& }: P% k
, s. ]: J( e* {6 Z5 c: ?" 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？

9 Q! b: t6 E' x* ?  K, |7 Y# q3 AM：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.

L：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained?

3 _: M: a2 t0 X1 B2 _( iM：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
# E; ?% Q: [( ]9 Y5 A* Y2 n
L：Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢？
4 B/ n0 P3 q3 i6 {! l3 [% @: \
% @6 d! v6 g. ?( J! lM：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.
1 Y+ p$ ~; \/ v0 m! G7 Z
$ P& |5 F6 V3 dL：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？
5 U" D3 }& A5 K1 w% d" m
M：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.

$ _' m$ {) ]* q5 ^" J0 ^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。
- Y" w' B: N  q" T& w
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.
& f5 Q' h2 n) ]: E( f2 F/ t
) d# g4 V- i! R/ A2 xL：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！
- `( R, H* I3 o6 U; E% O( }/ q1 n
3 o0 }, L  G# R( E) m% aM：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
+ }" g* e2 t  C
" P  g. G; g5 kL：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。

# N! h' s) L  R, \6 gM：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.

  ?/ e; i, G2 pL：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？
8 I8 q. ?* q! l1 p9 Q) X
2 W- _4 i+ y6 x' hM：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.

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？
7 b% @# v! c- j9 e, W
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.

6 f3 e1 X6 g+ e' R* {; q) i1 cL：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？

. @  Q1 I2 X, r) e9 c, a  WM：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?

: C; A$ R6 a3 K0 L2 C# GL：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。
4 U, l, W" ^/ D& l; R6 J
M：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.
* I( U# O. C! f& ?, i$ h
3 j' n. ~7 ]1 S( _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.
7 X  j( v: z: Y: O+ l0 ^8 s; K
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.

7 a7 i- {' x. v$ _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？

# ]# n, g# m3 l5 M, y# bM：Thanks so much, Li Hua!

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。
* f. I( @- ^% J; v/ l2 v
7 X! `! L" W( V" l0 d/ U0 S4 q2 IAudio as following:

redrunner