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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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! t8 r0 x2 b/ L, [L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。/ e! V0 p; Q3 p: f* b4 I0 K
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M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.4 Q; P7 c2 o: e. H  r

2 @/ K% r7 ~. n- ~8 _% W8 V' Z- L; RL: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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4 k% R! y" n1 FM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.3 E2 j& W# @5 T4 X( Z
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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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M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.8 Z5 o& d% g# U: J3 y
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?. z3 G. _7 V% b7 ?9 s; }

) }: V+ I0 i6 k( U8 Q) \M:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.4 G- K! F7 ^3 u
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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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2 I$ A3 x: W1 z+ q* d4 KM: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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& t  o% j' r; }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.
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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。
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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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9 }9 G+ E4 C% w% A- C* G; YL: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.8 _  o) C+ L# e/ o& D

8 Z* R# P- Z7 i+ j4 W  rL: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。2 z# X  f2 J" x  P( q
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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.2 B* f1 y  K9 h& `2 r

$ Y' t( n6 O! BL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?
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( @6 ?! T% m( C) z+ i) @M:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.7 n3 u( r7 f& P; f
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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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7 v) U8 w7 B, Y2 HM: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.  U; l4 ]/ P' I( M# r, l. R3 m

, U0 d5 e4 H( X5 y; `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?# x$ D* U' ?3 R
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M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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( ]2 }: s2 ?7 a8 EL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。
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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.
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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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9 Q( U& L. h( h2 w" G- c( HM: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.) C2 F( u% @7 H3 R" v' O

& E. o% \% w( G1 Y9 f4 C: _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?/ l, T, M% V/ K3 U: c6 G
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M: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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