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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。2 K3 F( Q0 i9 o3 O7 Z3 a5 @
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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: [0 m. d/ {6 A8 e8 @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?3 _6 K& _  {( u
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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?2 A8 e8 Y2 G7 a  W4 d( u7 b

. v! l! |( t/ `' ~# Q* VM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
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6 \3 o% y" q+ I# j: x( VL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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1 y% a5 `4 v8 I( r  y2 eM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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3 @( e8 l" A3 G, I+ l: _  G. UL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?2 Q4 C3 m) U* C3 {% G

# b( y1 L% W0 O3 @% X" BM: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.5 o/ y$ H- K! M: A( ^3 q% \# z( @
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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.* V8 X- _0 J  f! k. e
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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。
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, p7 x) d3 k- i3 q3 |. g( t3 XM: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.: X4 P# k. @" P/ [' w, g" Q$ |6 C
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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.: Q4 d+ b' m3 p3 e: A! n
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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 E5 h+ [' x4 v& U& r

& M  u) {( X: z: n8 o, DM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.. `/ r: {; A, _$ _4 m; m* m/ ]

/ \7 z1 F, ?. NL: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.! B( K7 J; w4 |2 t. x2 h
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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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$ X/ E. }! H( s8 aM: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.2 ?$ p5 q+ v1 O" I; D! R! R# l
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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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) t# ]/ O) h, g+ o* L' {M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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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。/ U) z: ^+ B) p- j6 g
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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.% X4 c1 ]6 K3 q/ r$ v3 r( l' E4 g! g
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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.
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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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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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1 Q' Q& j) U6 CM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!1 Z) E: e& y$ b0 M% X0 l9 z

  ]. W5 }0 a' T2 K+ `  @6 c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。8 a* e# O' Q) F2 d9 I* H  }

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