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.

- I! N' Z" K0 i* PL：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。

' Z% a. m9 @9 UM：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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* e% e. {' U5 G$ F$ j0 A+ R+ XM：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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3 t& @: O' U$ r2 K: NL：(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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6 V' s. L, h$ _9 q: ]M：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
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& G' h- e" `) |/ |6 ?! |. uL：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained?

M：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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8 A1 T' p' u1 y4 k0 C& sL：Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢？

! V1 P2 M: I' D7 e& ~( `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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0 E0 \$ J- a! L9 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？
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M：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.

# z( W- B" c7 b% e3 t6 K- Q# ZL：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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% `% W6 O. H+ u& C: QM：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！
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M：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.

; S- f2 o  X% f6 D& f: J7 pL：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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: w8 ^5 C5 g  I5 m* i, V' n7 ZM：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.

! P; d+ j4 j+ _% ^' _5 |L：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？
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* b% }" W8 z7 I+ |% s" x& tM：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.

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？

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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; F' ]5 q$ o4 o! jL：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？

7 X4 x; \  R6 u% b$ ^3 hM：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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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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M：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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: O$ c) m" |! e- C* NL：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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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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+ I. b3 `! [4 o6 VL：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？

+ b- [/ b$ Q- P* u3 R6 W: V3 RM：Thanks so much, Li Hua!

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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