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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.& Y& d; F3 n  c
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。2 W5 i% T( t$ r% P0 S. S$ V$ c% U
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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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?$ k( d& u, H& z# h, c) E; y) s

2 Q6 T* {$ R' z1 R2 Q% c. pM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way., c8 ]3 B6 f7 o5 ^4 ^% G8 g
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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?
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  I; X+ j) t# WM: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?. U; S7 k! U' w/ z
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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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.+ ~' z/ W2 y: Y. h

. b5 G3 p  d  ?$ F' }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?$ @  W& i4 T4 I* k- N
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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$ u' V3 g+ ?/ l/ c& JL: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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5 ?! h2 ~0 G; u* r* wM: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.! {, M/ z. L  ?% @- j: V
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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.5 e0 Z8 Y, s: ~) p, X: J# i
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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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4 r% }$ ~1 ^! uM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
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3 d, Q* W( n" a6 s1 ~2 YL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?! a0 F$ Y+ |" ?  [) U+ W

1 [, C0 W; X1 A+ _5 R$ Y+ `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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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?% ~, _6 U- I$ B' P+ V# g/ |7 l
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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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8 V) r5 d7 A$ J# M4 W' \& dL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。$ Y$ S# i- P8 v% r# y" j/ c* o8 j

* ^! X; ^4 O3 V( v% a- lM: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.; s0 F' o, k: {% [

7 V2 s  {$ h( T% h- GM: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.8 u. p% a2 P( @- u
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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?
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+ z; Z# F" o  M5 U* r% x  RM: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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