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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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2 s( R. K. G# Z1 b8 dM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.2 Y9 k4 @$ C8 b" l- q4 K

5 M5 U% t. H4 u) F0 `$ Q. U' `, N$ K8 N' ZL: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.
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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?
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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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4 s( {# |; ]& {7 |L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?8 Y* O$ m% m7 U

. L5 W; j5 B* M7 E9 lM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.! C& Z9 ~+ y7 c. n$ P5 X* D% H! K

0 _3 E' Q- A* ~% E5 v: `0 {, ?% @L: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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  _. d  x+ N1 S3 [6 GM: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.$ R( P4 J2 A6 j7 P6 ?4 a/ h9 R% ]4 D

: T3 ~; i1 E% @7 z; @+ ~4 _) wL: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?* }6 O+ C8 M6 A2 |: s* Z( i- f" E3 N/ ]

1 D& b% n; k; A% |M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.. D4 B) S9 Y, E5 I5 ]( j$ d

2 k! {+ `; t# m# F# y7 B0 }4 s) @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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- T" e) M1 e1 ]2 k3 |! `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 \) ^/ C6 h: d
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!4 c+ W. r# h( {) A  {. B
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.6 E- i. [$ u  v0 J3 R6 d1 `2 d
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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。
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  s% q9 b0 Z0 S0 G' p$ G+ W) TM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.! ^7 }' X8 w: J/ ^6 {5 L

. i7 Y& d0 `+ g# u! qL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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3 H  l4 P4 J- r6 X8 S; [' G. pM: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?
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2 l# V5 r) V' C" k/ \5 IM: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?
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: V& E( a1 O' ]1 FL: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.+ f; E1 ]8 }4 g# V- Y
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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?' ~1 y4 {4 N' c0 k/ _6 ^  |) A( v
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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!8 _4 R8 ]/ n9 s
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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。. g7 I" r) n( s7 M/ r4 Z
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