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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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7 ]0 @- w/ v# DL:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。" ^( v7 |/ v, n% h$ c

" `5 }6 W9 T: D* e6 b# o% hM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
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5 m' J' L9 ^. y  ^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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" B0 ]' T( {; \% |4 \# }- A6 aM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
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3 k3 u8 X1 f* N9 A" dL:(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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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?& j1 E' t* O- O9 b, _' v. N6 O9 D

  a  |- m; Q# ]1 ]M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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9 N8 L9 }- U1 P  mL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?& \' u% C  ?0 }7 D' Y

# k5 i) K8 @4 q$ l( CM: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.( ^* O2 t% e/ Q7 [
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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?1 t! C- i, R+ j

" Y; R' g$ u! wM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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/ L8 D, K0 \/ k3 V7 mL: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。3 V! o; p/ t  ~4 v9 e! Z. z

" F3 h4 T  b: R" a) W* r' b$ n" yM: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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4 T8 p3 k- J$ \L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!  O- q. b7 F3 a
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M:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.* O$ x1 v4 I  m7 D" m! f! ^8 v5 h, Q
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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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$ a5 w" r2 s2 f2 b; }+ u  ?0 ]M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.* [6 S# Q1 h7 f4 a5 Q/ C! U
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?1 ^- }! V2 g7 P' v& E

9 I- `' F- U+ S) p2 fM: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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3 f2 ~- |1 D/ y# P+ B  G: ?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?
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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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) o& U* y+ N1 |! j+ f0 rM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?3 f( L* \3 R3 k8 a* O

) A3 w' ?( y' T, I0 PL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。* l7 L% J" A  d2 H3 T! W
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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.# L7 ]& i! p- e. c# U" G& M4 ]
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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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& F0 `/ @3 e# E, S" AM: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?2 E0 Q* p5 `0 ^/ A, y  q2 @" c
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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua!. i0 ]- V. ^1 n- `% ~3 z2 t+ B

( u& R; t( U' I, V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。0 n$ g- d! Y) ~" P/ l
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