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. 7 e0 k; `5 f/ e$ p# ]/ x4 w' U3 r! V/ A
L:嘿,Michael。这火车站好大,总算找到你了。 0 c3 `! _& X, {. Y, J" Z4 b( b N# y a+ F( B( I( N2 ]M:The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time.) k2 I$ a4 d' [4 a! b3 B: s
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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?' k3 Y! w3 y. \1 b
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M:Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way. ! v( W O8 s* d% N6 b0 L2 u3 S2 }
L:(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? : @! d' {/ ^4 i" }# b" M w ( u+ S' \4 f* `M:Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.; ]9 n8 V4 R# z# o# n* R) h6 M
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L:我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么? Drained? ( l: _/ G& U4 ?( ?7 }! c7 y1 H7 E/ ` 8 u) O" X4 u' Z) c1 @( [; zM:Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted. ' W6 V& L* y6 s! t. q( m8 K8 Q y# @1 a" q. ^4 r6 z- g9 s
L:Drained就是累的意思。那drained这个词还能用在其他什么场合呢?' i! j" B7 r7 u
' P7 W+ Q$ L6 Z4 W3 s+ g t3 _5 TM: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. 0 C- b9 Z3 c! \6 n5 S% V% p$ i; ]. ^; k
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? " w; f. k* g- I$ c" {1 I5 e / R+ K- g/ d* L, A, w# W4 k: c9 mM:Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms.+ H! F8 O8 E! w* \+ k0 t) _4 Z
! H/ C" }# }5 p1 r1 J$ f, B0 A, wL: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。 / E: Z+ g2 g! w! ?4 n 3 Y( p4 Y: t! ]* H' ^3 k- N6 {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. 9 S8 y) }7 G+ E9 r$ ?9 i$ V% e: D1 v2 O6 a3 ~# P2 G3 j( o4 K7 A; U2 N
L:那好呀,走,去食品车厢买咖啡! ! b) F# c0 o/ L7 c. r5 \8 ? 6 @8 G+ O r; L, W$ oM:This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.: A# R9 V, |$ y8 E
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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。) X3 o; ]5 m1 V. K
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L:Wired?我猜这是说我精力旺盛, 是不是? , z/ V9 y( |4 O y1 ^ % N) e3 k5 r3 U5 C) q6 [8 m" BM:You are right. This word has a couple of meanings. One means to be energetic and the other means to have nervous energy.1 Q# k J; @/ v
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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?' Q( l; ?0 w8 @2 L- b7 J' c
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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. ) e4 `' e9 L ]7 ^: S, S& q$ q. \& L% x) n6 @9 R0 ~
L: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?* \& k8 ?% F# y; M9 Y+ h: A; l; m0 p
+ N1 a, X# _: g0 \M:You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right? - Q( Y+ I8 i* Z4 f" D, H7 @7 m 8 N' g3 L/ [" R" uL:对啊!我是参加一些会议,讨论有关学校的某些决定。8 k1 }$ T% \7 J* l) k( \2 c7 P
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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.% u/ p! ?7 L& B9 W: }7 o
% G7 K/ o1 Q: n/ HL: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. * u0 U. L2 b3 {$ t4 g9 U- H + [4 g/ Q7 D1 r: B% G" c7 IM: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.+ F M0 `& L. D7 @
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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?3 B" I4 R, C6 c1 b Z2 ?
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M:Thanks so much, Li Hua! ) U3 E1 `& g0 | e/ ~ + i8 W, X8 I' M5 d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。! U5 h- x7 Y4 E) r5 |+ K0 i2 W
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