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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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) G8 R# I% n. q: e' ]M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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3 m3 Q, F3 R4 w2 a* J7 BL: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?; w; p" x8 j6 W) n' }

2 D5 |5 F1 M" _" H9 F! HM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.) @# m% x& O/ t2 c8 v" R. L

  _8 ?2 |' [2 D& u4 q( U( W3 SL:(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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! x0 @2 r$ V7 p) Y9 FL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?" N" r! L8 `& L* H

; q( P- p. u# C. b9 sM: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?
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; D" m( T* O0 f: H) S) UM: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?
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7 ?8 |9 b& b2 v+ _( O# V: GM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.0 x! f# z# F2 U% ^) {. i+ K, y
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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。; k8 r( V( V- p( i  i

5 ~: h- q9 \7 m. |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.' ?* m; S8 |& ]1 _

6 G$ j, z, T2 P+ C$ J& RL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!' }# P0 I* M' o% \
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.& `$ z6 ^" z+ ]6 \

6 c3 c: F# h9 g1 n# H" TL: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。9 \$ o7 S3 U$ a7 n0 K; L

6 G* G) o% [( B. M# P# Y  j2 LM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.7 @" j: {) Z3 b- N& B

( A! O* Z( D" N+ Z' c! yL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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3 l9 ]) C; N+ u# W* {' K# c1 `  I8 PM:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.$ h3 }' E; T0 S" y

, N& W9 h) l# r6 Z5 n) z+ ZL: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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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?7 O+ X0 E5 N. X

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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.  Y! G& [* \) m7 ?
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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.
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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.
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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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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!- J) v9 ~9 [2 _* p0 l
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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。* {" b% D8 ~* q! B
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