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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.. W4 d6 S" _: w4 y# g
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。: ~& `3 K  @# r% X* Q. x+ |
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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?. U& \. E( w3 @' ^  P; s# J) R

# c+ u( H' |# c) j& m6 j  YM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.+ T7 O8 _$ m! h, W: w1 V, `6 p$ }! A

7 L4 z# H+ W# _; [0 z7 |' gL:(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?" `: l) J1 V1 R5 h

" x% ^$ h! l; z3 \  J, v! J) TM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
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4 {3 X, D: C" H; I4 c+ tL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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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?
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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?4 g+ f- w. h% Y0 X1 p* C4 Q

2 V, l3 g9 i! {$ tM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.4 X! @5 O& S3 W9 \9 V+ U; N
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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。8 G" m" \; [0 _" u( ]1 q

  F1 S3 F/ h8 u. Y- uM: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.
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!
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$ f) P2 }6 i5 j& Z3 u/ {; nM: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。
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  G# Y2 _6 C9 mM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
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. @% M% T3 X9 _2 K2 DL: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.
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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?
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/ N8 e, T' Q5 T, l0 zM: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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+ ?4 v+ E! F/ m# W4 f# yL: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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7 A4 c: B/ R& m+ P' mM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?; e2 T  k2 z7 j" [- 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。( {- m& T" c0 a- t( E

& {$ B2 y! \7 Y  HM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.8 l  K& I& q6 K7 t+ |
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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.8 A; }6 ~! X! Z0 j; T8 m& W( O3 G

$ p+ e7 T0 j, I1 `. zM: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.( @1 I( B! g+ \. P

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, C5 H" I( i3 w+ vM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!; A5 q- w# s, y! i! Y

3 @1 B) P' ~) b, L; d; y5 {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, s, _5 R3 g8 Y' W( p+ o
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