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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% U/ ?& l* a  VL：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.

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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- Y8 Y' s/ A% t, F. Z5 pM：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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, c# y/ P; w7 k2 `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？

3 ^7 Q$ Z3 K: ^0 m# C; kM：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?
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M：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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9 f% P' u: i2 y/ iL：Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢？

5 x! U+ q  z& |; X. aM：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.

7 S9 D( p! [2 ?8 g  A# b6 ~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？
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7 Y8 U" M1 N8 D. m# cM：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.

, V/ r, G% i5 O3 b9 s! u: a5 M4 |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.

L：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！

2 L- q* C5 a$ mM：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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M：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.

  u6 o3 `, Y2 Q: r# T, c- CL：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？

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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' p3 k1 z& W: c" z) jL：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？

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.

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?
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$ v/ R% I6 k$ E1 g2 J4 t. C* }L：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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  X, i+ W) c9 G0 @7 N2 QM：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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7 ^+ V/ d! V. I7 ~9 o" xL：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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0 Z1 u4 M: x7 z: J0 XM：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.

  I" K2 @% r5 g4 d% g# J; \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!
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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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