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2024.05.13 23:07
第一部 第十课: drained , wired
- Michael 和李华都在纽约上大学，最近他们结束了期中考试，今天準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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- 嘿， Michael，这火车站好大，总算找到你了。
- The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
- 啊～，火车就要开啦？疑？要多少时间才能到华盛顿呢？
- Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
- 啊？你想在火车上睡觉？哦！不行不行，你睡觉我跟谁说话吶？
- Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
- 我是精力充沛．可是你说你是什麼？ Drained？
- Yeah. Drained, d-r-a-i-n-e-d, it means exhausted.
- 哦～， Drained 就是累的意思．那 drained 这个词还能用在什麼其他场合吗？
- The word can be used in 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.
- 哦～， drained 可以是指体力很累，也可以指一个人在情绪上压力很大．那～，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？
- Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
- 嗯！考试倒没让我觉得累，可是啊，两天前我跟我哥哥為了他的女朋友啊，吵了一架．他那女朋友很任性哎，还老想管别人，真讨厌．跟我哥哥吵完后啊，哦！我真是感到很累。
- Yes, 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.
- 那好呀！走，去食品车厢买咖啡！
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- This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
- 这一杯咖啡就能让你一路上不睏啦？哎哟，我可不行，到华盛顿之前啊，我至少还要喝两杯。
- Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
- Wired？我猜啊这是说我精力旺盛，对不对？
- You are right. Wired is spelled w-i-r-e-d. The word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.
- 嗯～，这麼说， 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；那～，要是在大考前我感到很紧张，抓紧时间复习功课，也可以说： I'm wired．是不是这个意思？
- 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.
- 哦～，跟什麼东西联繫在一起也可以说是 wired，例如和英特网 (Internet) 连接．疑？你最后说的 wired into a discussion 我不太懂，那是什麼意思啊？
- You are participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?
- 对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的一些决定。
- Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.
- 哦～，我参加这些会议，参予决策的讨论，那就可以说： I'm wired into the discussion.
- 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.
- 喝了咖啡你就不感到那麼累啦．再喝一杯啊，你就精神百倍了．那好，我再去给你买一杯，要不要？
- 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，是「非常累」的意思；另外一个是： wired，意思是「精力充沛」。
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