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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.; M* B& Z# I/ o3 m1 G; w
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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.. n% g' Y+ P( R
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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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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.6 w, ]! J% X/ E

4 w$ K+ d3 X5 YL:(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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4 L% l% |9 F- _" E% @5 gM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.( k7 n5 ^! l9 n( u, D7 D0 G6 V9 x
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?+ D6 U/ D6 l+ h
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.7 r3 T- P; Y7 {1 `" k/ Z) D9 U) |
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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?. }: `+ m; \% Z( M  q
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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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2 s- B+ l  `  x5 s3 E9 ^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?
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8 o2 {- s6 J; O0 f: p* ]. T8 ?M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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' C, C0 H0 D- ^' KL: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。- N/ C/ i" w2 w/ Y9 v

% N& t2 Y2 T; j: a" TM: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.5 D2 \  K& u9 I8 C
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!
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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。0 r* N' t4 o& U9 \! N7 M/ i( f

1 O) B' ^# n7 _8 GM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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- W0 E3 ]( V) X) U7 @0 IM:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.; v& h6 d* f, C. a7 n& o4 I+ F7 W
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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." z2 \$ m) V3 C6 w4 c: ]

" P6 I) r8 n3 TL: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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( ~1 z4 K# ~7 dM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?. l+ D3 A4 D6 R' }, A* N
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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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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.3 R4 |- {8 c- Q0 t# K' I

! y- S  k! K5 e$ \- D* \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.2 ]. L8 `5 r$ d$ H' H) Q* O
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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?
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0 ?5 d, B4 A; L1 GM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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2 ?& A, |# ^# b- `: K7 {) f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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