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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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! G2 g8 Z" O0 }L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。; y0 h& i! X/ Q) o* h

" u7 w2 f4 V; M9 nM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time./ Z1 @5 c" S4 }1 O* A

6 E1 C) t/ z( p7 g) ]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?, ?: @! g9 _6 L% p' a& Y
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.* c# [! R1 L, H; M; ]

" A' @% A# D' K/ X4 b3 L4 {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?, s4 M. r# i. p6 n, b! c
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.. s/ N& B' W1 U! e( _0 o
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?, G" {2 L1 {& Z4 ^: w
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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?
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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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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?9 f4 J0 V% {; H
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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, K, e! E$ `5 l! l/ I' NL: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.4 T$ z+ {) Q6 n7 |0 |0 x. s3 Q* Z7 ~8 Q, a

* A, s- ^1 o; q& LL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!; h) K# C- C& G# m$ P' H$ _
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.0 h" b5 X  t/ L
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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。3 k0 v. ^; y8 p4 ~  f! h2 z- Q/ H
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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?% c- S4 I9 A% z0 p9 I" D% c

+ j. M) _" Y# ~M:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.  M0 w4 g- l$ y/ O% c6 U
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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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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.
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/ ]( W4 E" K1 RL: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?) y) b1 W2 J, {! y

0 s7 L6 n3 M. OL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。: H% R2 n( D+ t) }2 W, z7 T9 |5 n

7 j( }2 i. U% e8 }M: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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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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6 X. s: k# T+ j! Y" ~6 q; 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?3 \4 u) S" \1 L$ R3 ?5 z' O

' {3 k* J9 T2 yM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!9 g# h& C" q: ^. [( u/ t: ?

# Z% L" ]* {5 l7 b: U6 T" A) I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。- c9 |" v: y. A% c' B
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