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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.' b+ W1 f% E3 R) G: a" @* ?, m5 q6 l4 F

" J; o* n; Y- s( v0 J$ M" H" bL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。' w" C, ~2 W  T

9 W" Y$ _+ [. k9 k3 k3 V9 k5 O6 W, gM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.- K: ]! x- ^# t: f
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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?8 {  r& n) X$ `! Q, B: I/ `$ u) ^

+ n" G. g, V5 E" c1 wM: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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' h' I9 u0 \1 k8 m/ wM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
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5 F2 Q' \# v, R' l; I* `2 |L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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$ \8 O+ U, h( n) {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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, y3 J! x# j0 ?9 i8 D& PM: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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: @% {1 f0 M8 g4 ~+ M# k( ?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?% L: @0 L" w4 _+ Q# L4 V
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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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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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.
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4 P3 F! S' P% K  X/ H  X! r  i  ^L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!
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" C' X9 A0 S. gM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.1 D( ?  q9 G+ i" U. F& i' y1 Q
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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.
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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  j8 j6 B, b$ B) G/ c* P& ]M: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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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.7 Q/ T/ |' l( r0 ^* w5 L

- [3 b$ z' m6 a2 r5 }% UL: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?5 Q! a. f& k7 Y$ z" ]1 z
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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?  B$ F. b  }( w8 o3 P

- H. k- m2 ?6 f& BL: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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% Z7 N2 V! ~* N+ ^+ i  n* nM: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, L0 J+ u3 d5 zL: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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& Y" X( ~- A0 O- x' G  e2 tM: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.3 x* ^( W$ y- |
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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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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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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。
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