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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., t" B. H' j( d* o
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。$ F5 J8 F9 Q/ P2 r8 J  }1 P

! g9 q% Y# {( L6 YM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.5 N; ^1 K3 v9 z: q+ d+ g0 L9 ~

- S8 a, ^3 f0 Z  H: F3 p$ A5 P( kL: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.# v5 E. B4 e0 S4 b" t- T: w2 r) ?% c3 ~
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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?4 X7 P- e+ M+ W2 R: R$ p
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.; M2 E9 [8 V: K
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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1 Z9 n8 l7 P$ A  ^7 {M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.3 Z( X: W$ j! E& e! X

3 d' _" g2 u0 k+ c, yL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?0 {: ~. r+ D1 v8 d9 C0 `$ F9 B0 ?
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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.7 x; r$ T. B. u2 K- W

' A) ^) \4 H, z$ O7 L: LL: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?' s$ p9 q! S  r& d

1 v5 t! ^. z/ ~& ?! pM: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。- u& n. L4 f6 A6 \$ r  n

' l  d6 @7 E9 N; Y; H  ]$ LM: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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; z  W  e) c3 a$ P8 zL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
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2 ]3 ?$ Z( c1 eL: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。3 N: Q4 `) X$ C2 {* Z
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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.8 T8 \( x6 n1 P( E# i( i1 M+ y

: M# }( P' w3 s: X# u, e4 \L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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/ ^* R# l/ z  Z$ B* {4 Z& J/ MM: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?) _" T, m( Q1 n5 J1 X3 T8 u
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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.
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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?  D& V( k; F7 p1 P( `7 C0 a3 {
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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.
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) V2 }! e5 j& l. _0 }; R! J( zL: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 X( n# N2 l) P& T0 H

0 l$ c6 H' ]1 q% a# WM: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.# o6 l% a6 y! Q2 x5 S0 p
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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!. ^! g! k& R# p# K1 W

6 E2 X! i; T6 n5 ~) g6 Z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。0 i; q; ?: \% q. Q9 d, h

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