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.
8 a3 E% v- M1 x* p3 O
L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。

M：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
$ C4 w) F7 a2 ^
. D$ |2 Y0 r8 Q* W: c7 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？
% h2 U, R$ N. c5 h' H" @
$ p- x/ M$ J, ~. W7 p. HM：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.

  @, t) b- X: [6 w& u- _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？
2 `7 z% I+ U$ h
M：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
5 i0 m! C8 Y5 i: V
L：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained?
3 Q$ N8 E! m# [* U, S! b2 S
" P6 K" `7 p. s( Z& }6 cM：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.

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：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.
5 Q: {4 `" u0 s9 B' O2 T
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？

/ _9 S1 y, W6 F& x% [. u" x6 G  UM：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.

  }# g& Q4 L: m- V* d1 i1 DL：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。
8 |8 m- m* i6 ?6 B
1 a# P) y2 |3 ^; \/ N) kM：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.

2 K( f! `5 }2 k4 nL：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！

3 ?, L# X2 ?* \, B2 n# R; ~! j. `M：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
+ k2 f+ W  D" l& [7 r. M6 |" t$ S- v
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。
" t4 ]+ ?4 p" U2 R: P
M：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
6 {$ M$ ~" Y6 `' Y0 Q$ P# N
L：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？

M：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？

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.
) X  z% \. @& r( |, t4 V$ Q- Q
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？
) q* ]' |* F. \* M. W/ u% C  B4 p$ J! v6 E
' v) {) B, U; b) @& E0 c7 z7 f( S( cM：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
+ }. @- h) K* U: I" D2 G5 B& a* Y% m
L：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。

% Q( z. U0 W- AM：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.
2 E5 I, ~* n, l/ n8 |( W5 `
- O& H. O; |  {2 f. l5 M, ?1 K- \3 pL：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.

' n2 S7 s7 W) g1 b5 E: B: |: y, eM：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.

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？

M：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。

Audio as following:

redrunner