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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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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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/ ?7 s% E: c% G& o0 cL: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?! K- u! p% \/ A

6 @7 N: a0 M3 N, s% g. z, \9 kM: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?! j2 v0 s6 `; c' g

8 @: P/ \" P$ r/ W0 B7 {M: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?- k/ s5 n$ o$ d4 k; B* K' C

' W/ u$ `; B% G0 N+ I) `4 eM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.; M& ~* k0 {/ U! O3 u2 V
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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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/ |5 E- r5 ?1 c& ~# T: ^- UL: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 C; A; q7 U( G2 F0 G
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.8 J0 c! S- \1 e" E: h4 @" C  v1 b

) o7 r6 l/ F  @- W2 `% H/ tL: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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9 r+ ]( r/ A  _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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+ r2 B, d$ Y. G7 oL: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.
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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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M:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.: P' u, N; s7 y5 Q
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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?+ g1 b8 U- m1 F6 Q- h, v
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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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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?8 N: j# y# w. t# F% z% g. r9 |/ o

. m6 q4 V# T( O- R, L8 RL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。9 l. ~- Y- `2 f- U5 j

: b$ j5 s& |6 ~; {) u4 fM: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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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?( r3 k; t( z: z! r0 y" n1 g
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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!' ^# s+ X' {! ~! _4 G" m: n4 g

# Z- L+ c9 T+ P, v' B% E9 G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。7 X" |7 s! L$ N1 A. F, k; e

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