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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.3 A! L/ \) h2 e

7 z) W1 q( k. v. CL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。9 q5 R/ @- O* G. {4 S) x

8 `; O) u; B$ jM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.; l' W. n8 Y& T4 m0 K, b
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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?
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.8 b8 W2 `. m! O" s

$ ^! A6 i4 q: i( o6 p# |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?, w5 X0 \. W, g% F" k
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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep./ b( W6 B: U9 ^4 X7 l! b# z

+ F2 B4 l- z, pL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?( M$ f% K1 v& t% f1 L

. w" A, \; O; T( lM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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! c/ o5 S8 ~& V. {0 v' m0 pL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?5 k8 f7 t- a% r3 M

# i" a, d9 P8 J8 UM: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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7 |/ U6 P( k( Q) E: ?+ i8 cL: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?' `# Q' H' a  L5 _# R( D: x

" Y1 _) [4 L4 [0 w' ^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。- A5 X- K4 f2 G  H; g! Q' {, t  x

% d7 @8 X! i% O# h  ^# c; @+ w; BM: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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/ A- n" A, A9 ]6 T* qL: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: Y' g* f. ?& b, |

, r% Y. X4 J# }1 _: t) n8 v2 tL: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。4 r* x- a5 I3 h0 L

8 Z# q1 t5 {- Z, I. iM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
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/ i. ?) G% Z6 l" qL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?9 c& M. a1 G* Y' w4 C
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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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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?, [( u8 B3 X) Y& G; Y& 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.' Z) i* r# K- v+ s1 p# [
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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?" q! t1 }- ~6 T/ S8 H
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M: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。  v/ m( Q" u% v# R

5 a) _* S) [: \& w. kM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.6 \# R  m, ^% O3 Y0 d
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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.) ~: @/ Q  g# W/ Z
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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.7 A5 P, O( A, z- Y5 y0 J8 Q
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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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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!; R# e; b- N1 k/ T, ?, T/ }

. o1 D: A3 K+ o9 c+ Z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。, u; E. X8 Y4 p9 _" b* @9 ]

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