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2025.04.29 12:27
第一部 第十課: drained , wired
- Michael 和李華都在紐約上大學，最近他們結束了期中考試，今天準備坐火車去華盛頓參觀訪問．現在 Michael 正在火車站等李華．今天他們在談話中會用到兩個常用語： drained 和 wired。
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- 嘿， Michael，這火車站好大，總算找到你了。
- The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.
- 啊～，火車就要開啦？疑？要多少時間才能到華盛頓呢？
- Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.
- 啊？你想在火車上睡覺？哦！不行不行，你睡覺我跟誰說話吶？
- Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
- 我是精力充沛．可是你說你是什麼？ Drained？
- Yeah. Drained, d-r-a-i-n-e-d, it means exhausted.
- 哦～， Drained 就是累的意思．那 drained 這個詞還能用在什麼其他場合嗎？
- 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 可以是指體力很累，也可以指一個人在情緒上壓力很大．那～，要是一對夫婦老是吵架，那肯定情緒很不好，你是這個意思吧？
- Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.
- 嗯！考試倒沒讓我覺得累，可是啊，兩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，還老想管別人，真討厭．跟我哥哥吵完後啊，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，去食品車廂買咖啡！
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- This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.
- 這一杯咖啡就能讓你一路上不睏啦？哎喲，我可不行，到華盛頓之前啊，我至少還要喝兩杯。
- Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
- Wired？我猜啊這是說我精力旺盛，對不對？
- 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～，這麼說， wired 可以指對某件事很興奮，也可以說對某件事感到緊張而努力去做．要是我精力充沛，可以說： I am wired；那～，要是在大考前我感到很緊張，抓緊時間複習功課，也可以說： I'm wired．是不是這個意思？
- 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～，跟什麼東西聯繫在一起也可以說是 wired，例如和英特網 (Internet) 連接．疑？你最後說的 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?
- 對啊！我是參加一些會議，討論有關學校的一些決定。
- Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.
- 哦～，我參加這些會議，參予決策的討論，那就可以說： 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，我再去給你買一杯，要不要？
- Thanks so much, Li Hua!
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- 今天 Michael 和李華在談話中用了兩個意思相對的詞，一個是： drained，是「非常累」的意思；另外一個是： wired，意思是「精力充沛」。
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