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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。8 w( t, E5 O! B$ Y. C$ w
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.; A3 k- z3 z# A* s6 N
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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?
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.* |3 k; ?* \7 T+ k

/ t4 y# R9 |2 ?  qL:(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" a: L$ v% k( G4 A
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.2 Z9 \0 _$ i  Q
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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# Y: c' \7 Q1 ^/ H* w/ R% T  e5 H6 a; BM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.# J2 o/ H0 I. n8 I
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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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6 N  w- A$ G" v: \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.) ^2 b4 H- ^. P" _1 h
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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?4 B7 d( v5 X" R; h$ I0 S

1 a, \( c& |5 R" ?M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.  E8 q/ |5 U. i* M
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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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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!
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( ?3 x% _( n2 RM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
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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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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.6 N& m" D4 Y' J* W2 z/ H+ n$ X

6 u5 ]1 `* n+ S2 r$ sL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?  u6 V1 K  T# r3 y4 X8 N8 v

* b' I7 I( c* X+ r. W8 BM:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.+ y- Y3 p* J- w) `6 j5 l

. N2 c: R) }' I; y8 S; PL: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.3 V+ U+ e/ I$ [; [/ }
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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?' c  I( H0 ?, a; l# m7 F

" Y1 A' D( f- t8 r, pM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?# ?$ V) }5 S9 k/ q8 ^' _

' i4 H( u/ s3 R% vL: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.
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5 K1 X, ]% M6 V3 \9 iL: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.7 X! O6 c4 f( l& d0 N3 y' t: l" u* u
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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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% B* u( Q0 e, n; E* [4 h  gL: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?6 B2 l, f. A% g2 |  [4 Q, O5 S7 Y
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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!7 o8 l* z3 n- @2 g  b6 J4 i

. h1 W; N( v% j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。; }% I$ S9 P" {  J9 c% \

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