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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.  c& r6 o6 w* P: X  O
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。
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7 j( v& g( d  X' aM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.0 j1 a1 Q- u  {0 ?  r; {: ?% t

* a; M% N% q3 g: u0 BL: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?6 J" j( W+ G! G" g7 D3 u0 h

6 g9 F" [9 l  ~& Q1 Y  X' n+ \M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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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?& L& n; j. x4 D2 c

: X" P6 @# V  z" T# G( d! _% h" _0 lM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?8 \+ `: u6 \; \9 a; l- ~
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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?1 A1 D6 {/ h1 v+ d1 t
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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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3 r, V( z) q- R/ v* u! e& EL: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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4 c6 u! n$ t- b8 V  q- _# KM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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2 c/ ^& I8 b" Z" o8 }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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1 S' V6 K" u1 ]9 O& p& f+ IM: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.. r# g+ M3 j/ c9 A3 x. p  i6 K( T
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L: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.' n% H0 l& t* S! A0 }
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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。: {0 F8 M, x" x8 g+ n5 T

: ^, @9 J6 V' a( r* A5 J8 j  F2 I! @M: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?5 u7 j* X% w0 p7 M
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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.9 [. ~+ |% k8 \, h

8 X( s+ ~; L/ ~& ^  a3 ?3 ?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?* Q( L/ A* c' ], [

; o' D4 E5 j0 Z  i0 j/ c0 |" RM: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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+ M1 s4 c9 J3 R& C6 }M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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1 d  f4 `6 E! [3 ^8 X% wL: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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3 B  T1 K) l5 k/ mM: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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8 t& C/ ?: u% C4 {3 O( EL: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.( ]5 E$ L. Q/ _- y& h5 ^$ D' ?4 a5 d
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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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; ~8 r8 a+ U% C1 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?& b+ |5 J4 [% L) J8 h' F
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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!/ \4 l9 b7 s- x9 b. E

/ W, P1 o- C4 m4 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。* |" ?4 O% ^7 y% |) n6 X. ~  F
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