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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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1 {: x" n3 ]9 ]  r7 K/ SL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。8 n0 Z7 c! p0 @1 G
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.! t/ T$ F6 R7 t
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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?- {2 f# k% m$ {8 F( }+ C9 k
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.3 Q) Z" a8 |; a0 p$ d

% b! w& w) V3 x9 A7 L! IL:(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?- H& F, m5 Y4 g* ~6 ]! F

9 E7 y- p) W" r# G. T$ }9 j6 cM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.7 V1 ^& s; U6 t

( n$ z7 |( o( S7 b. O% P# xL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.9 o3 y* e3 P) u5 \' G( n

% L" U: |& D+ W+ W% yL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?# [1 D6 |* h9 e  h* \: Y

% j; ^! r1 W0 u, n4 B1 CM: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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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。
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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.5 L/ o5 A" N( b. Y

# d; \( ?4 }# F: c0 T1 FL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!
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* s/ x- @" b- vM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.5 @) N* A/ Z: c3 w+ _5 x) `
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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。
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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.9 }4 ~/ L$ B* w9 }
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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.$ f7 U, m( q' ^
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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+ g! {1 _: _, C2 H

8 i9 i; \7 z9 G8 fM: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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8 F: [& x, H( ~. q/ T; iM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?& T3 v+ x* n- f! n  z5 \
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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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" j2 U& ^/ V6 i4 P  R; e% ~M:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.6 D2 @1 T- C4 E9 b' v

; T& f: h3 T% e+ ^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.9 a/ j+ A3 i0 K# s
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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!( ^4 f  o& H! {# L4 [( `! t: d

" U* p2 @6 Y2 a* X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。) K' O; N3 F1 ]7 c  ]1 j* b

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