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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.6 g3 F2 ^: }! K! u
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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.
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1 v/ b" V- F4 w2 [% O& NL: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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! g$ S+ l* `" v# \M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.* c# `8 m- |5 V! Q& ?$ \
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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?% q) S2 W7 q, ]# w/ q

7 t( ?7 I& n: d7 DM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
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& I1 i" |. _3 k! m- NL:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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* |4 E% A. @- ^* u/ U2 UM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.! B! X1 b+ k; E; J( l) D2 n; }

  A( B' y  E1 C, I& xL: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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: j% ]) u' _; ~* F+ b4 ~* QM: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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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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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.+ `! F  i$ \7 R. \  a. f/ U- N

1 P8 O1 k  Y8 n8 [/ \% l, P, M% c  NL: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。, b) j/ O" N/ m
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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.
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( G0 x% W" t3 P5 Q& O4 |/ iL: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.
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5 F% H) E; q: u2 |6 U. jL: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.
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7 j( l6 H9 F3 V# G8 eL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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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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5 o2 \" \6 J$ R' T$ X+ YL: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?
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$ M5 P: j" s( K4 K) NM: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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; }) E; z: c! E; `M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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7 b% \4 h, H9 C0 d# a& [L:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。, t. S' V4 O, p$ h, E

1 C0 x* C- D3 I& G; FM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.( c2 ?3 s6 }% t: d9 g6 s: {0 e
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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.
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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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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?  G7 ?  j  q! G# ^5 Y' q: L

* {2 }& i! M  m# |  N" qM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!, O- S2 {( T0 c, J% |6 J' e

7 q! b1 v' ]. d- a4 e& K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。9 M; F$ P+ P- z8 w1 l2 `
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