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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.  p& ]% _6 i3 M6 c7 }, {& T

. M+ S) O. ^% ~, A' Z1 c/ q! dL: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.
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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.
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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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4 J. L& Q5 b7 o: h- q- A$ wM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep., j, F2 i1 @* T5 ?9 X

& c! o7 }# V+ ]+ LL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?+ j3 c5 L. _1 {1 G
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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?$ [+ ?7 V) S! Z. B0 r. S

# ~, l1 I2 n4 `' ?* r5 h2 @, x& u  FM: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?- N. p/ j9 C4 S* a

. g. [) x0 A+ T# E1 I  hM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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/ G# ?+ ]1 J* SL: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。
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! B8 T3 F$ D( RM: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.% o7 P( o0 n( O( V

/ v9 S4 D3 I* c1 M% i7 V; D" p2 OL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!! ^' H# D! s7 M* t+ T7 O" v5 Q

1 M5 `/ h* s: C  T% KM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.1 v) z: p/ _  ~# U8 I/ Q
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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。# e) p8 D$ P% h8 Q0 p  @% W- X/ v
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M: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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M:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.* C5 \' x( ]' r- a( p" G2 G

  }. Z1 [+ |4 A( R6 F5 y5 z1 \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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) S2 y' K- X  V8 c3 w& mM: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.: p0 _! D# B6 q1 @* v5 N
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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?- I! r4 a7 r( Q: ^8 r: A
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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.( l; U( H' z. q& ^
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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.- a1 C( [% [5 k% L
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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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) h) _; I9 j9 Y# _+ _: ~; V- zL: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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$ l4 ^# x4 G4 d0 ?2 d! KM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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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。* Q  r8 E+ J$ m  c

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