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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.! Z0 d$ t/ e( Z; \3 P

, v. J- m2 m+ W& uL: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?' _1 j+ A- }- f. K6 N- H: K

4 y- g% T) |3 G; d  VM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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  Z  m% r/ C; Z( F3 HL:(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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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
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7 Z/ _5 ]2 N+ LL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?, ^1 t+ u: Q& \  ^/ X% X- ~
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.: f* m- [, G6 u% f* r% d3 {6 _
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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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6 {/ f' \8 b# T7 B- x4 o8 y3 \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?! {5 b3 w- |/ q2 t& O
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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。% A( I; R+ h' _; g
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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.  A" Z8 K% S4 Y, L# b8 C, `0 G
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L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!& z) ]7 ]* k/ t% F: g; r

4 x& |3 E" Y' r8 F- pM: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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  |* F6 e# f: x0 `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?/ R4 k; l5 f& i$ {. H! L
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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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6 w5 y- A1 n. f  GL: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?* z) }, P& m& t7 O: l: m+ q+ x

4 H' V3 G2 u  hM: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?
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' |" H. ~4 }8 d0 rL: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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& J' }4 p' d: R; G5 H7 O, UM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.) e* P! Z% v$ k$ }2 k8 k. y& Q

! L$ K0 ^) ?8 X; H1 W7 aL: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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7 N) F* a6 Q$ m5 ~: NM: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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& [3 }- G$ u; `  T, tL: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?! }! E+ G! H6 @, T1 {; y
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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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