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.8 `7 A, ]/ z e2 i: H& o- d. L. b
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L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。 ( U: b2 t) F A$ u; R7 L% J0 { , j u2 v* r- n% U5 Y0 ]) l' w7 dM：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.( e- n! M+ e# z# O1 g$ }8 M
4 k9 W: z3 ~# k; w0 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？# O, i1 {. R2 l$ v8 |7 m
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M：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.+ s) Z3 L- g, o6 N
( O/ V: }1 B; yL：(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？6 q, R3 a! W6 z6 K
" I) g( e3 U4 h. S7 H' O. sM：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. , u B2 G9 Y2 Z8 p( w' ~ , y# U& C6 ]( i1 ?; }/ d7 P; pL：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained? ( ?! j8 f6 c; S1 `) |8 Y 6 t+ } Z) n" X! I( @# b: V5 @M：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.$ `* T# P& y. D; }+ t$ g+ {; b
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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？ % Q$ w7 u' d( J) ] T( M, U/ e) L8 i
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. , ^, K1 p' `. p9 x; h( H# J3 A6 Z& H! S2 B+ D" ?8 n
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？ # } R+ u0 P. d# B, n$ ^5 Y: a$ @2 i8 R/ h1 L+ M ]
M：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.1 z2 m4 n4 v3 I; E" e
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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。4 ?# ? z8 {6 ~5 I s
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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.# a* _) m$ z( q7 W& O$ _
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L：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！ ' b6 P' _ P" ]# E2 B( a9 y9 E% i; S% F, }) l' w6 j! q# u4 B0 o
M：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.# W R0 D$ z* d. R% W9 g/ i
9 ~4 R# n* }$ T y3 q4 GL：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。0 y4 B% i% c8 X) b
8 K% w- O; |1 J( CM：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.9 [- q' N5 J" C9 ]2 n, H
) {" f: @- h5 tL：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？ 3 B) A5 d: E6 D$ N( J/ A* z4 m$ l/ B0 ~' U" H' v, U/ Y
M：You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.# R+ E- b: O9 F+ ?# r$ s* w0 `
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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？: F$ |5 k6 F, r9 N7 q5 W
; q# l% c8 k) w3 ZM：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: `1 {, Q+ N; y4 n - T- U" n! T; Z( g+ XL：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？ 5 x( ?- i: r; ?: L( h6 d& v) d5 [- i
M：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? * Q+ [3 h4 Y, l - a/ C" o! M4 J9 ?& h* R7 HL：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。 & X; S% [* D+ c" [+ J. k ) e, T S2 ^% o7 z& ?M：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion. 9 P' v) }3 M- P# r7 d3 C' j% w- z$ c) a. {0 U
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. ' J+ w( Z- N% K6 u: L2 ]; A/ f) c7 f0 y$ [% S R
M：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. - d9 A, {- H( i' D3 ?" U" Z , g, K! }* Z. U7 [) W" ~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？ - U4 o( L/ o. [; P ! F2 ?) c% K2 ~ R& P- O# S1 U- ~ _M：Thanks so much, Li Hua! $ m- h0 S6 ~* J* I( f E - {" S. m7 K# @( h( @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。 ) J& i9 `- i' R: h) S' c 2 h/ Q; X& K0 B$ N! ]. ^Audio as following: $ N) k2 O0 K; N$ p3 L6 J. F
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