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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.' i7 c2 {) X! j& R. U4 F- A& x( c

* f( _2 f/ Y; o- |4 Y" t/ \L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。; x" W$ J  m" |; ?/ z0 P

# I0 J- g: Z; i6 u  ~6 I: {M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time., t& P1 ]+ E* Y! j( @

2 P% p+ M; g$ J- ^9 h: x- JL: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.
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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?% r% X6 e; D+ F/ o

0 x& N3 C2 I+ f' jM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.% j7 {$ X- |$ P' L. L  C. m; r6 L8 o
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?
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M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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5 _$ t# K; L1 n9 t% ~9 [2 XL:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?3 a) D  ]* Z9 L4 e  T( K

5 N0 R' W5 F6 r6 @, \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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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?) [, y5 N8 J7 N
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M:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
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9 N4 V+ y% u9 LL: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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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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' C! \: r& i! `& {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.2 X# b9 F1 S# O, k1 a* g

7 F/ F( x7 F( k/ kL: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。6 b3 p" g2 k3 x% x! I

% V3 y- e5 l  t) g) EM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.! k9 l% _4 d( }* p
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?6 x) T1 C2 B# }6 }$ W2 t

$ M+ n9 j& @4 {' eM: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?
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. O* y( `% b+ z* N( p- x+ |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., j% S6 m! s+ X5 b& ?

" e" _& Z4 l  e& r% ]% k* QL: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?! U$ d, k" C  a) Z  s! E
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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。  D' C9 ?/ V5 J9 C: m) C' I

& Z  m7 P# Y0 H6 w. H; TM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.0 b  k: O2 I4 y! _! Y5 ^3 g7 [- g

" H; r8 x; ?5 I7 g; z" EL: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.2 }- z( j8 E& `5 G/ l0 `/ `* v

2 F9 }4 S- p" K4 w% JM: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?9 }5 D' u4 |6 q

8 d$ e& A# u$ l( K% wM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!6 E; g! [! r. h/ k  L, r. G
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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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