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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.7 \3 ?/ S9 A( z  L  o: j
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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.! h: k* e0 R5 I3 u

9 t" F  K# v1 ]: k2 s8 AL: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?# v8 b& w! f& k6 X6 b, `- y
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.( W. t, u% s5 {1 M! ?

0 C7 R  |4 s& y( dL:(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?& G; v8 \6 ]8 u
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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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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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" h9 P* z% {9 XM: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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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?
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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0 `0 l* ?# w! t" ]3 yL: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。" e* Z# G8 k! A6 P; E5 E
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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.$ Y, v; A( W  b4 z' O

" d6 h8 p+ O0 r  g! TL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
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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。# Q$ S7 ?. F- H+ M
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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.4 b4 k% q7 F- S' l* R4 S4 J

2 M8 }. Q7 y, a9 r$ PL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?3 W9 ~8 l7 V2 N% @

1 L( [* g5 I8 A+ J/ g# VM: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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3 u. x' z: e$ BL: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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+ Z/ n! q" b0 k+ M6 `/ cM: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.' n# L7 p( _& [5 f5 o+ \) N* d1 B8 x

8 h1 x9 M0 ]7 _+ `; H" SL: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?2 R, s: f% L' E% `/ b

( g; H5 ?1 E. J4 }M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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. w5 Z0 ^9 f+ g, }) r) IL: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.) T  `1 X; l) s& A
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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 X) A+ q1 a2 r0 y! ~" o2 ^- v
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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!' }; g1 s, A3 \6 G3 N' e3 T

! [7 S; `1 k2 C4 P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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