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.

2 ^+ `: L8 B1 R( |2 n+ fL：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。

M：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.

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 l6 L9 x0 T
8 L+ r0 ~2 ]( k1 b& ^' L" ?  mM：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.

' V! g, U' O( ~" |5 P# O+ XL：(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？

) O6 H' j/ L4 X& x& aM：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
3 N, K. [) F; _! S4 `
0 i) i& s) m  K$ s& m9 Q' \5 ~L：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained?
& d' {& M, I# J5 ?% K
M：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.

# Z: A# H" w; R2 K3 t; [L：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.
1 \* F: E( W) h, t
' y& o# i) y4 B2 _$ l5 z4 JL：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？
7 n1 T) w9 h7 @
M：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
1 C# [2 q9 u0 @2 r
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。
, V: t2 u, P5 t/ A5 M
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 h6 L$ D0 m. h  V8 {& m* \' M
% R( X# g' t/ e: fL：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！
) k( o" y* i* [/ H6 S0 ?
M：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
$ p/ u) _8 o' H6 T9 Y- N/ Z) ^; _
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。

M：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
' e' ]( [  v1 U+ c; o
L：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？
( \6 U1 s% b  T% Q* q# c8 q
0 W. v; w9 g9 o9 |5 _* p, l8 bM：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.
- F$ c) ?! a3 ]$ M) M0 L; K% F
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？

! @0 x$ F8 ]4 n( b; h6 PM：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.

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？
7 M# E( H( M, `
" g( g+ e# C) d8 `' @3 W( K. s* I4 RM：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
  k% g1 k* L* u1 U9 l5 E
L：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。

M：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.
* Z0 P* V9 F1 A6 Y
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.

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.
: k8 e+ B1 V9 S
8 X2 L" e! P- z; o" F4 [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？

M：Thanks so much, Li Hua!
3 d) A, x0 |0 u+ d# T" w6 N
$ J# i# _4 F* P  q& |3 L! n5 x  M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。
! c- }8 D' l9 F! b. R; q: q
Audio as following:

redrunner