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。

M：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.

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？

0 s2 |1 j$ ^0 XM：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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" O1 a* b" p9 W# h- i& lL：(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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$ I0 O. a6 L: X9 s1 p4 v0 q  lM：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
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L：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained?

: j3 {6 w+ ]& H$ j! g2 ZM：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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; \; t0 ?+ j% [: ~6 O& g0 m. JL：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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- i7 v0 D2 |8 b/ j8 P4 JM：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.

3 y+ c( {2 G5 t4 s+ J3 _! XL：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？

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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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.

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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) F& H3 o) @( [3 eM：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.

) X* g/ H5 g- S: l" xL：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.
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; k$ ~* c; c* cL：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？

, Q3 w/ P- ]; T8 B8 x8 }+ mM：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.

/ d( z; |: k! a5 F3 `* P" NL：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？

1 p/ e$ y4 d! f* S  dM：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?

) S% k8 f2 v& F/ M. y; NL：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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) [$ o8 Q6 T. ]( R2 W8 J6 }M：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.

0 O3 {2 ?4 Z$ z. oL：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.

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？

M：Thanks so much, Li Hua!

! V/ B9 u5 T& ]( J) k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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