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." R: O& N" u, S' A
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L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。/ w4 V. ~3 S- a
& _$ Q) T# m2 w+ I3 \# L& v6 Z$ Z& KM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. + u* c; [4 k& N0 t. v) ]$ W& U& t1 g0 A4 T( K+ Q! K/ M2 j
L: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? & m0 Y! ]' N$ h' v, S y+ E, P; K2 ^
M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. 5 S! o8 O2 N9 ~# M, u( k2 A% L/ S , B; ]$ O( B( v; d) c9 h! VL:(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?2 @3 \8 [# S9 Q3 ^- y9 _% o2 Y+ C! X
$ s# t5 c! N! b. n7 ~/ Y5 s9 g. sM:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. # M1 s- e& |: u v. i& L. V$ x( f- ^) \1 H" D+ @- S, o
L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained?4 c' ?( Y5 ?( K
& ^; @0 W* q1 L# x% KM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. ! Z/ A$ W7 L1 } L, `- q+ f, b& u5 Q. @& m# D
L:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?* s6 e9 _1 H6 Q! r& ~; A$ r- o
, s* w3 q! m* W$ J) B" c- sM: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. . R- Y7 ]( ^6 b% I( I' H ) [/ P. a5 t% d* u9 o, ]4 j# TL: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? % S; _' D: |3 O, ^4 I 5 m. s, i' P# t, u2 LM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. * X6 x5 K# g. t8 c/ K& T' p1 a _4 S ^8 ?6 @# F/ i J
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。/ R& O* L& D1 p. q$ s) m4 P+ W
4 B& p' Q6 t0 H- zM: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.0 K% ~$ A/ e7 o } f3 C" m
( u9 o/ D. f7 K7 eL:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡!+ ~% k9 M8 A0 y# D
) o2 f9 b# n0 H1 |3 `4 z u- Y; _: pM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.3 V$ p. m, F# Q) B1 r' c. H
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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。, D( Q4 @9 y3 ~: q5 b
( j! }" r4 o" a# H+ }7 }+ l# BM:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are. " f& C7 K( B7 f8 z Q 9 R9 f3 O- {( P/ [- { oL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是?0 Y: K7 |3 p: N- r4 _+ z- E/ q* ]
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M:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.* \, p3 l0 m- w0 k2 g
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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?8 N' `" W3 @8 Z8 X. x6 m
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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. " M! h/ Q% O4 b& }, S, Q2 K7 l# E * o& Q' ~# D/ T# UL: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? & q! z. q; L9 {7 i0 f ! J8 J' g6 F* o1 eM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? 3 ~6 @5 ~5 t4 j N# F. k: D* e. b0 f8 V8 C4 A! A2 G" X
L:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。( U& E6 D) X* M# e/ U/ `: T4 Z
2 a+ f' M' C- q- dM:Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.7 f4 r) `( d! ^0 v
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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. 9 H- M! p" p4 z* E - q; Q9 X6 N: }7 P: O) WM: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.: ?+ P7 b; z- d' Z' I