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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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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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! g8 g* x  [: q4 UM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time./ E" |3 k7 g: ^7 |1 T

% g( j0 h/ ]: z1 k' `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?8 x+ E- N  C0 G, k) g1 S
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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* y1 ~2 [- M* e$ m! s9 v3 jL:(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?
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
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/ V9 N2 K% S9 U* G8 D. ZL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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/ d2 \1 Z. P+ nM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.' J# _* m$ ]2 e- G

3 u1 W# |- i6 j* d4 T2 G' |% O/ AL: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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8 I  o$ g4 V. I( wM: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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) z  l$ m3 E: e8 F% 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。
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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.& `7 K6 o# \$ j/ X4 @0 s4 W

% P# }9 o5 q, f9 r9 KL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!1 {. H! A: P0 \* s. d1 u7 Q- v

, p9 t6 j8 D3 ~. e$ B' j9 G; gM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.( v  z. Z/ R8 ~' E6 u% M- _. j
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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。( A6 W( r; Y0 g" [2 }

; U# z" S% G& b2 A6 C9 b$ y" D5 BM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?, J+ v5 [( P2 h* c1 K( Q: G
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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.; V" d1 S$ a7 a6 J% w0 R
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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?9 Y9 u' C' U6 r9 x& Q& f
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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.6 c! f& F  i" \3 A* G& G2 L

) T' \+ F2 ^/ r2 x. p5 zL: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?) E& \* \+ t* H
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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?5 T* h4 B" s. h6 x3 i; X' q
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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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' K3 \3 k- R. S' ?! ^' H& n1 JM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.. a6 p: u' x# }  r7 R2 d

/ l# i' v7 Z6 W0 Z5 K5 N2 kL: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.; e. N( s# N8 f1 t% h; ~
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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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' |7 w; V6 N0 l. b6 ]4 E; \; SL: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!
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8 r3 x. i6 l, }# p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。
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