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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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- s6 I3 I7 q2 eL: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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, Y7 S9 u0 g3 R2 {8 g1 M1 i7 s2 AL: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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/ M8 G* R2 v3 ~6 O' ZL:(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?9 X" ]' N# y) `( X4 U% E

/ J& g, y, l! P1 i: b0 r/ OM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.
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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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& g/ A# _# Z; y6 J; C; b! JM: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.0 l; \) g  i1 ]8 F- v( g) J8 u2 I

: x& Z7 \2 }8 p1 q3 H% J( hL: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。8 c( b& u  V9 b- B

+ H, c+ k+ b% c1 {: pM: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.6 A* U4 F; f9 Z! ]/ _- g" T

1 U2 X6 i# P3 L0 z1 l0 bL: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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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。9 O; V; O) j9 S& d

$ L' X8 _  s3 X) nM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.) P$ K  F: `# ~  _- {: d2 F; q
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?6 h, m, j8 A) x: ^  t, C" @  J2 Y

9 _9 E+ I* w! `, E, gM:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.- u- y- f4 x- @( W( F- a5 c

6 h) y  l& a2 Y% e  Y; NL: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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8 R" z, L- k" s' H& T" w% {# mL: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?1 |1 V: K" g3 v* q1 |" K2 O% ]

/ a, ?% C6 P, J1 v; W( w, {# XM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
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: |3 ]+ N" E' r2 \" l( yL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。  _5 |# }/ D, r8 r; I
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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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+ T! }; V/ [8 |6 sM: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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! R: G1 X+ |" x/ _# rL: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!; T5 m6 d8 j* J  M' _7 D) h1 B

, p% I' T9 T& Q5 j: y8 x! o6 Q8 k( k! |1 Q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。. ~# m' Z, V- k/ ?8 _

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