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. , k: k4 u1 Z' B! b N2 c$ F" L+ J: Z, f/ C9 D
L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。 9 b7 v4 ~5 R3 \, L/ `2 u( m " i# d7 c$ p, r/ _4 d n% iM:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. 6 ?, \/ n) J- R8 c# q1 P1 ^ b$ D( o- ~( a8 F6 T* C4 u* q5 w+ y
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?, P6 o) S( T" V' I6 E8 O. X
1 s/ |- Z1 K' h5 S8 yM:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.( h/ R4 P! k* j5 b0 U$ ^, R! |. g; S: I
; C) _+ u/ S% X- r/ g" a; o) KL:(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? * @" |! z! m: u% q% h% P( `/ i$ ? 9 K! e! G/ Q( `; H7 ~M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. 4 q2 j! V+ J1 z( x \3 d* a/ G" W; d) P
L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained? : j1 N) B9 T2 W5 v/ A5 Y ; a% Q: p8 m, t3 z: W* ~' dM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.% L1 g6 x$ ^. s4 _; h- y' Q
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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? 7 x8 q6 z- ^. H! g: ~% l4 a - _# k2 o) [8 v1 H0 ]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.; W* |. F) I1 i; G* I
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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? : V( o# K; b7 n4 r; z* h" y. ]. _ ~6 Z8 C& J4 T3 }0 _5 FM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms. . z! T& W2 C7 O3 }3 V ( @7 W" r8 E8 h3 {$ r2 YL: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。* Y4 A! F* L. J4 u% I
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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.7 |: s( f1 @$ i( ]' c3 K2 D5 `
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+ r) A0 y ~( 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。 d2 g: c6 M4 I# z3 I
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M:Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.+ x# g9 Y {. p6 E" {9 c
0 @7 s4 v1 E7 X, n" s) v7 xL:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是? - e! N$ |, G" t) v; t2 ~9 W. {; ]- }- M& u9 ]
M:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.: p/ u% ]! t8 [- s; i( C& T
: N7 R. _3 R6 `7 N$ \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? 2 m" g5 b/ [; x0 X* i% C9 b9 h: Q4 Q. H5 W1 _4 r$ _
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.2 X0 q0 {) Y& G9 q5 T
1 z% _+ X, {$ @; ^+ NL: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 }2 v. K* s j 1 h1 h2 { {6 b& D8 D# HM:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?) i0 q+ |- g8 k3 S; K Q
1 C! s- d/ r, \1 p9 K8 U% `L:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。, q' t& B" u* W; M& L7 u- q
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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. 1 K+ {- G8 n. [. p$ C ! k! `* N; q G6 J1 s: E8 u; B4 J yL: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. $ U2 B7 {; h3 a. I 8 D- b! i7 ?0 ~/ Y* 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. : p( t4 M8 B. g M 1 Z. @8 E* I. n6 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? $ M: T G! z; _4 g4 a 6 X$ ~' o5 C* }) iM:Thanks so much, Li Hua!* ?. L: m! I: B/ s