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.
0 t- J* r+ e8 A) W, ?
5 B+ k" v$ E; O" @L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。
! b) _. G2 I" U
: W$ o" _! j' l: U, [' _M：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
* I' F% `3 r# d5 [: f3 u2 c
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？
3 N: P. R% @! t7 g. k' Z2 ]
2 N8 d; ~, k8 L: `" ~' mM：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.

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？

6 _- W6 k8 o! P3 z5 K- h* WM：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.

( t5 ~6 K) }9 yL：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained?

M：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.

& N" {- C7 i+ F1 T& bL：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.
0 I+ c+ X' f) f3 t2 o/ a  H
$ q0 }& k) U% F0 iL：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？

/ K/ d1 [( X( j# N7 z8 w: Z2 P; [M：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
: M6 j7 C0 `% k% b4 L* F) O( }
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。
/ w8 Y$ b+ k1 ]7 w+ q* `: p. s$ U, \2 J
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.
' n! r: q6 u2 e* y- O
% \* i) m& M! a/ }L：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！
$ |9 S  T! O$ c% v
M：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
; f# o9 X5 ]/ l. u, y
7 J  Q) @: v0 E+ lL：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。

" a* ?6 F4 n$ O/ F3 m& }# S. u( pM：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
6 j) v0 B. l1 H: {
L：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？
: O: c: r. d3 _7 u) T8 x
M：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.
1 X7 A# {. d" b3 Y% ~& s
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？
9 g( Q- h1 b% n5 ^! Q; ?! o
( I# ~9 n3 }* w1 e+ m$ K' B& 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.
, K5 F3 i3 l$ V1 A, K6 ]- l
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？
; ~: R7 H) U- I+ b8 l* `) p2 j
M：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
) ~! y7 L/ r* Q
' c% Z  |5 f' R: X+ F( aL：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。
- d1 {% w0 @+ |: j# a
; D% Y+ r/ b1 x% h# E$ ~6 yM：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.
+ X  S1 E% s2 T) {' a
: o( A# X0 z$ q/ L3 W; Y% [( UL：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.
. V% K3 e9 x8 r9 E* y8 A
3 I; B/ T/ D2 q4 U& rM：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.

: e2 _, G& P# q2 E8 h! ~4 ~  wL：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？

2 _/ m8 o; ]1 @. Q& u5 W$ H6 JM：Thanks so much, Li Hua!
' N6 h7 D: i! u( C5 ^9 B- p: H
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。
+ h7 d9 _! t) G& w5 x( I+ Z* V; s
: D- M0 @2 U$ q3 E5 y7 {Audio as following:
4 c1 {5 z% h! x0 K/ y, y

redrunner