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. 4 F" s: S8 w. A; R1 S: O. B 4 C$ g4 R9 K5 j' @2 {L：嘿，Michael。这火车站好大，总算找到你了。. G: S8 a, |/ `, a- b6 X% b
. P1 O& z) G9 \* s: ?% nM：The train is just about to leave. Good thing you got here in time. 4 p8 N, d6 ~( d2 o. W+ w8 q6 A1 v# ?. S e+ O5 b
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？. ]6 f2 K0 q" C! i5 h7 c4 G
$ ^) V7 }5 P$ F BM：Only about four hours. I'm probably going to sleep the entire way.. |6 {2 t y* a J
' L1 Q+ D, p/ ?5 y& _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？& j6 f. t7 V, j, r6 L1 o
5 l) [- w. [& q; |8 x& k, z+ AM：Li Hua, you are full of energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep. ( | f9 q4 N! @4 S/ k ( h( b; j) C( M% j! U( `3 rL：我是精力充沛。可你说你是什么？ Drained?' x5 K: x7 F. Y% ]
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M：Yeah. Drained, it means exhausted.$ \9 z( B' b# Y& B7 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？ + O1 C$ G( M! i1 { i 6 v5 s; i9 B6 ]( WM：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. 3 B/ ]" l0 K2 M! ~" q. H) l) T# s- S
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？ $ g8 C$ z5 R) l8 j1 c# ]2 v) N" A0 K+ m8 C; U) {
M：Yeah, you understand. You don't even seem drained after the mid-terms." ~# W6 [ h9 v" O
; d0 \4 m* }* e+ r uL：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。 0 I+ _* E) N# I3 `7 }4 m , M3 p0 `3 b X+ a8 H: p3 {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.% m/ o$ n/ w# S" |# f; D7 y" A
+ d: ?- ~: J/ OL：那好呀，走，去食品车厢买咖啡！& f/ i/ ~! s: I8 O$ ]
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M：This coffee is going to keep me awake the entire trip.1 `- {3 m& V5 V' X# Z& X! I
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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。 " R5 f' y7 ]( w a' h, }' ?* X" J' L
M：Geez, Li Hua, I don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are. 0 V' Z! `- M) m4 e- M * M" w# F' f: U! }! dL：Wired？我猜这是说我精力旺盛， 是不是？7 W# U2 K' ]( i0 B3 x
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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.+ J! M8 H) |/ ?& L. G) R
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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？ H5 u- s0 f- ~6 W" C% y c) ~/ H! E3 y- R1 ]! K- 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. ; v: F6 S' K5 b9 K. X 7 ]6 k7 q9 P) u- I4 s% P8 ~+ OL：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？ # p$ z/ q% B! l6 Z L$ N1 { ( Z6 ?$ i' ^: g3 YM：You have been participating in the meetings to make decisions about our college, right?* G9 v9 W% D9 @7 E) U
+ d- p2 o) _$ W8 E9 T3 CL：对啊！我是参加一些会议，讨论有关学校的某些决定。, _7 k8 k4 J3 `! R. h1 J
1 I/ j3 i) S3 T2 o7 r- ]9 l$ `* \M：Ok, your participation in the college's meetings and being involved in those decisions means you are wired into the discussion.* |+ t" n% \3 T) X6 Y+ c7 e3 q
; P5 t: P( W& F4 T: R. A5 _5 WL：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. / a* u& `" q. s) g& y# i8 K" F7 {% d 4 ^3 B4 n) B, i0 BM：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. , V: I# u3 y# X1 o, x j( o% d3 J) W) j3 `
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？ 6 P( a* r* Z+ s; G& `# B" [) t3 P* \3 h* L8 @
M：Thanks so much, Li Hua! . X8 Z! P: O# {' l6 N9 W5 u8 w% z: F2 }' i6 |8 Y
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。 - Z5 K: I; J) e* m; X# N P. F; R3 f: G% U
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